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Why the Millennials are Socialists 0
- Culture
- May 21, 2018
By now you’ve most likely seen the polls reporting that roughly half of Millennials have a favorable view of Socialism and you’re probably wondering how in the world that is possible. Didn’t America win the Cold War? Well, yes, we did win the Cold War, but we’re losing the culture war. As I was discussing
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Why It’s Time to Stop Mocking Sex Education that Teaches ‘Just Say No’0
- Culture
- May 18, 2018
Sometime in the not too distant past a high school girl posted the following plea on a Viacom platform called A Thin Line, whose purpose was to get teenagers to share their digital dramas: ok this one guy my so called best friend keeps pressuring me to send him a nude picture when ever i can.
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Democrats and Republicans Agree: Public Schools Stink 0
- Culture
- May 18, 2018
There’s often a perception that Americans are so proud of their country and its “exceptionalism” that they are blind to any of its flaws. That may be true in some cases, but a recent Pew Research Report calls that into question in one area especially: Public schools. As the chart below demonstrates, Pew asked respondents
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The Intellectual Absurdity of Championing Diversity While Condemning ‘Cultural Appropriation’1
- Culture
- May 18, 2018
Frequent CD commenter Morganovich shared some comments by email yesterday, which inspired the Venn diagram above. With permission, I’ve taken the liberty of expanding Morganovich’s commentary supplemented with some of my own comments but giving him full credit for the main thrust and most of the text below. Here’s Morganovich: I had a moment of
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Patriotism: Why So Many Intellectuals Can’t Understand It 0
- Culture
- May 18, 2018
Sam Haselby says this “should be the end times” for American patriotism. Yet the opposite seems to be happening, and he can’t understand why. America has no national education system, he notes. No conscription. No government agency that enforces the red-white-and-blue rituals performed at schools and sporting events coast-to-coast. Nor does America have a territorial
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Obamacare Is in a ‘Death Spiral.’ Who’s to Blame?0
- Politics
- May 17, 2018
“This is what the start of a death spiral looks like.” – Catherine Rampell, May 14, 2018 Rampell, a columnist for in the Washington Post, is not wrong. Obamacare is in big trouble. As her article details, three states—Vermont, Virginia, and Maryland—recently announced anticipated “premium-rate requests” for Obamacare health insurance policies. And the numbers don’t
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Why the Millennials are Socialists 0