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  • When the State Kicks Down Your Door and Takes Your Child Over a Fever

    When the State Kicks Down Your Door and Takes Your Child Over a Fever0

    In February, Arizona police officers broke down the door of a private home with their guns drawn. They weren’t there to rescue a hostage. They were serving a court order against parents who declined to take their child to the hospital for a fever, and they left with three children now claimed by the state.

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  • The Long March: Are Its Days Numbered?

    The Long March: Are Its Days Numbered?0

    A golden jubilee is by definition the celebration of a fiftieth anniversary. Fifty years have passed since a watershed year in our history: 1969. Yet many of us, I suspect, will find little gold or jubilee in this anniversary. Yes, 1969 was the year America put a man on the moon. That feat deserves a

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  • The Best Way to Teach History to Children

    The Best Way to Teach History to Children0

    When an old person dies, a library burns to the ground.                                 – Variation on an African proverb In the mid-1990s, Mrs. Irene Harrison (1890-1999) from Akron, Ohio stayed in my bed-and-breakfast in Western North Carolina. On her last visit,

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  • The Virtues of Boredom in an Anxious Age

    The Virtues of Boredom in an Anxious Age0

    Today’s parents are fixated on setting their children on strategic paths to “success”— cramming their days with lessons, sports, clubs, camps, and so on. The goal: to enrich their kids’ lives with new knowledge and experiences. Or, more commonly, “to keep them busy.” We do the same for ourselves, of course, stocking our calendars with

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  • Democrats Refuse to Vote for Green New Deal They Endorsed

    Democrats Refuse to Vote for Green New Deal They Endorsed0

    The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected Democrats’ so-called Green New Deal, touted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as a way of combating climate change. The vote was 57-0 against proceeding to debate, with 42 Democrats and one independent opting for “present.” Among other things, the Green New Deal would require significant changes in the energy,

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  • Andrew Yang Is Right: Americans Will Need a Guaranteed Income

    Andrew Yang Is Right: Americans Will Need a Guaranteed Income0

    • March 27, 2019

    The Democratic Party features a litany of presidential candidates who are, for various reasons, unelectable. Among them, however, is one candidate who is at least raising a vital issue with the potential to affect every American. He is Andrew Yang. A Gen-Xer who made his wealth in Big Tech, Yang has been on the cutting

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