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Bernie Sanders, Not Jeff Bezos, Is the Face of Greed 0
- Economics
- February 18, 2020
Until Bernie Sanders was elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont, in 1981, he had never held a steady job. Almost 40, he had been “virtually unemployed” his entire adult life. Those who knew Sanders before he was elected mayor say “he was always poor” and lived “just one step above hand to mouth.” Despite completing a
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Social Security Is a Terrible ‘Investment’0
- Economics
- February 18, 2020
Social Security, the primary retirement savings tool and biggest tax for millions of Americans, is a bad deal, critics contend. They argue that mandatory Social Security is a poor investment because it only provides an average annual income of some $17,000. This is a lousy return on the decades of tax payments, critics contend. They
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The Decline of the Boy Scouts… but the Rise of Masculinity?0
- Culture
- February 18, 2020
The Boy Scouts of America is filing for bankruptcy. A press release announced the move, citing the need to “equitably compensate victims who were harmed during their time in Scouting.” The statement refers, of course, to the many Scouts who were sexually abused as young boys. Seeking to rectify wrongs and move on in providing
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Actor: Slighting Christianity Is the Sign of an Ill-Read Mind 0
- Culture
- February 17, 2020
John Rhys-Davies is a veteran actor perhaps best known for his role as Gimli in The Lord of the Rings. He’s also a staunch defender of Western Civilization, shunning politically correct fears and declaring that those offended by suggestions that not all value systems are equal “are fools, and ultimately, scoundrels.” Rhys-Davies’ recent statements demonstrate
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Think the U.S. Is More Polarized Than Ever? You Don’t Know History 0
- Culture
- February 17, 2020
It has become common to say that the United States in 2020 is more divided politically and culturally than at any other point in our national past. As a historian who has written and taught about the Civil War era for several decades, I know that current divisions pale in comparison to those of the
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How to Turn a Lemonade Stand Into a Multi-Million Dollar Operation 0
- February 17, 2020
When Mikaila Ulmer was four years old, she received an old cookbook from her grandmother. It was tattered and the covering was falling off, but the recipes were still intact. Thumbing through the pages, she stumbled on a mixture for flaxseed lemonade. “We tried making it, and it tasted really good,” Mikaila recalled in an
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Bernie Sanders, Not Jeff Bezos, Is the Face of Greed 0