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  • What a Judge’s Ruling on Drafting Women Means for Military

    What a Judge’s Ruling on Drafting Women Means for Military0

    A federal judge’s ruling that women must be included in a potential military draft is based on incomplete information, an advocate for military readiness says. The Obama administration rejected a field test by the U.S. Marine Corps that found all-male units performing simulated ground combat tasks outperformed gender-mixed units 69 percent of the time, said

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  • Bonfires of Bigotry: The Sources of Our Present Anger

    Bonfires of Bigotry: The Sources of Our Present Anger0

    A few questions for my readers: When you are shopping at WalMart or your local mall, do you constantly assess people by the color of their skin? When the pigmentation of the clerk behind the register at the grocery store differs from your own, does bile rise in your throat? When you meet someone wearing

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  • Alexandra Tolstoy and the Appeal of a Simple Life

    Alexandra Tolstoy and the Appeal of a Simple Life0

    “Have you ever heard of Alexandra Tolstoy?” Responding to this question with a bit of a blank stare, my friend flourished his smartphone and began showing me a few pictures from Tolstoy’s Instagram page. One was of Tolstoy and her small daughter posing hand-in-hand. “Cute dress,” I responded. “My wife loves following her,” my friend

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  • The Myth of Millennial Socialism

    The Myth of Millennial Socialism0

    My old man tells me he left college in the 1970s and walked into a job for life. He tells me his first home cost twice the average salary. Then he tells me, without a soupçon of jest, “things were still pretty tough back then.” His brow—unapologetically smooth for its 65 years, cheeks plumped fat and youthfully

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  • The Myth That the US Leads the World in Mass Shootings

    The Myth That the US Leads the World in Mass Shootings0

    If you asked me this morning which nation has the most mass shootings in the world, I would have said, with perhaps a flicker of hesitation, the United States. This is a tad embarrassing to admit because I’m pretty familiar with shooting statistics, having written several articles on gun violence and the Second Amendment. Below

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  • Do You Want Fries With That? Thoughts on a Liberal Arts Major

    Do You Want Fries With That? Thoughts on a Liberal Arts Major0

    Over the past two decades, the liberal arts have taken a beating. University students in droves have backed away from taking degrees in English literature, history, and philosophy, turning instead to what they regard as more marketable majors such as business, mathematics, computer science, and even fitness training. In many cases, professors and entire academic

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