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  • Why the Movie Industry Is Fleeing California

    Why the Movie Industry Is Fleeing California0

    Ah, Hollywood. The Mecca of filmmaking. Thousands of would-be actors, screenwriters, and directors flock to Los Angeles, California to fulfill their dreams of becoming a star because, after all, that’s where movie-making happens. Everyone knows this. And for close to a century, it was true. But today, Hollywood – the way we generally think of it – is fading

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  • Lucy Doesn’t Love Sensitivity Readers

    Lucy Doesn’t Love Sensitivity Readers0

    In 1953, Lucille Ball’s character in I Love Lucy, Lucy Ricardo, gave birth to Ricky Ricardo Jr., bringing an end to perhaps the most famous television pregnancy ever. The episode, Lucy Goes to the Hospital, saw 44 million viewers tune in, covering nearly 72 percent of all American homes which owned a television. The saga of Lucy’s television

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  • Trump’s Big Bet on Career and Technical Education

    Trump’s Big Bet on Career and Technical Education0

    President Donald Trump has proposed one of the largest increases in funding for career and technical education in recent history. As a education policy researcher who studies the economic and employment impact of career and technical education in high school, I believe this proposal has a lot of potential to open up new job opportunities,

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  • Conventional Wisdom About the Democrats’ Primary Is Wrong

    Conventional Wisdom About the Democrats’ Primary Is Wrong0

    There are three widely proclaimed verities now bandied about in the aftermath of the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday. They are that Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is a clear front-runner with a chance for a break-through to a commanding lead in the quest for the nomination. The second is that former South

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  • C.S. Lewis’ Insight Into Coronoviruses

    C.S. Lewis’ Insight Into Coronoviruses0

    The other day signs seemed to show that the coronavirus outbreak was dying down. Death rates seemed to be dropping and Chinese citizens were heading back to work. Maybe things wouldn’t be as bad as feared. This optimism, it appears, was unfounded. More recent headlines feature news that the virus is alive and well. From CNBC comes

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  • Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Our Judgment of Others

    Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Our Judgment of Others0

    In an online post “Convictions and Doubts: The Case of Cardinal Pell,” RJ Smith offers an in-depth analysis of the trial and conviction of Cardinal George Pell, “the most senior member of the Catholic Church ever convicted of child sex offenses.” Smith guides readers through a step-by-step examination of the events leading up to Pell’s sentence

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