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‘Ammonite’ May Be the Least Feminist Movie of 2020 0
- Culture
- August 31, 2020
Hollywood’s first treatment of the pioneering paleontologist Mary Anning invented an entirely fictious lesbian love story, taking the focus away from her compelling narrative as a self-taught genius forced to operate on the outskirts of British geology due to her gender. As a result, Ammonite may be the least feminist movie that comes out this year. Known
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A Horrible Law Prevents Minneapolis Business Owners From Protecting Their Property 0
- Politics
- August 28, 2020
Violent riots broke out in Minneapolis again on Wednesday night. This time, chaos rocked the city after misinformation falsely suggesting the police had killed an unarmed black man went viral. The violent outbreak sadly came as no shock, because by now, Minneapolis is no stranger to destructive riots. More looting in downtown Minneapolis. They’ve now
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The Best Kept Secret of the Middle Class 0
- Culture
- August 28, 2020
Why should only the middle and upper classes enjoy the advantages of marriage as opposed to cohabitation? This is among questions posed by a recent Centre of Social Justice UK report called “Family Structure Still Matters.” With married parents twice as likely to stay together than cohabiting ones, their kids can benefit from numerous advantages
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Activists Reenact Communist ‘Struggle Sessions’ for the Insufficiently Woke 0
- History
- August 28, 2020
Silence is violence. That’s the attitude of radical “woke” activists, who increasingly demand that fellow Americans not only agree with them, but publicly demonstrate their support at all times. Several viral videos from Washington, D.C., on Monday show groups marching around the city, shouting slogans, and yelling things like “white silence is violence.” In the
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Three Tips for Helping Weary Kids Through the Pandemic 0
- Family
- August 28, 2020
Is the coronavirus crisis ever going to end? It is the question we are all asking – particularly the youngest members of our society. While the science shows the virus itself is not very dangerous to children, the emotional damage they are suffering from the shutdowns is potentially enormous. Their lives have been turned upside down. In
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Our Problem Is American Apophenia 0
- Culture
- August 28, 2020
A reader of my articles sent me the following two words along with the cryptic suggestion that, given our times and my sensibilities, I might make use of them in a column. Having no idea at all what either word meant, I looked them up online and unearthed these definitions: Apophenia (/æpoʊˈfiːniə/) is the tendency to mistakenly
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‘Ammonite’ May Be the Least Feminist Movie of 2020 0