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  • ‘First Man’ Omission of the Flag Will Not Rewrite US History

    ‘First Man’ Omission of the Flag Will Not Rewrite US History0

    The director and the star of “First Man,” a forthcoming film about Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11, are congratulating themselves for leaving out one of the most dramatic moments in spaceflight and, indeed, 20th-century history, namely, astronaut Armstrong’s planting the American flag on the moon. The reason: We mustn’t be “jingoistic.” What’s next? Omitting the

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  • Professor: My Students Can’t Handle Opposing Political Views Anymore

    Professor: My Students Can’t Handle Opposing Political Views Anymore1

    As a college teacher, I try to listen to all points of view, and I want students to feel they can speak up in class to express their own thoughts, and to challenge anything I say in class. I tell them, “Don’t believe anything I tell you. This is college and you should be thinking

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  • Faith, Family, Government, & the Company Store

    Faith, Family, Government, & the Company Store0

    My father was not an easy man to categorize when it came to politics. He was, like almost everybody else where I grew up, a registered Democrat. Republicans in New England and the middle Atlantic states were not fond of Catholic immigrants from Ireland, Italy, and Poland, and the immigrants were not fond of the Republicans,

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  • Is the World Really Getting Richer?

    Is the World Really Getting Richer?0

    These days, our view of the world seems to be dominated by a sense of pessimism. No matter how many surveys you look at (see, for instance, here and here), results are always the same: most people are convinced that the world is becoming a worse place in which to live. Nevertheless, there is plenty

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  • The 3 Ways One Pioneer Mother Taught Her Children to Love Reading

    The 3 Ways One Pioneer Mother Taught Her Children to Love Reading0

    In a recent conversation, a friend of mine shared how one of her children had been diagnosed with dyslexia. They were working to overcome the difficulty, but the obstacle was still troubling to her as a mother. “After all,” she mourned, “children learn so much more if they’re able to read. They miss so much

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  • Is ‘Monkey This Up’ A Racial Slur?

    Is ‘Monkey This Up’ A Racial Slur?0

    Activists are calling a gubernatorial candidate racist for using the term “monkey this up.” The press is spreading these charges while failing to reveal that others have used this phrase in the same way: as a synonym for “mess things up.” After winning the Republican primary for governor of Florida, Congressman Ron DeSantis was asked

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