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  • A Modest Proposal to Break Up Higher Ed

    A Modest Proposal to Break Up Higher Ed0

    Many today regard America’s college system as broken, and would like to see it broken up. As the argument goes, too many kids are being pushed toward college only to receive a substandard education that leaves them with a crushing amount of debt. In my opinion, the biggest obstacle to accomplishing the breakup of the

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  • 7 Ways Tech Executives Limit Their Children’s Internet Usage

    7 Ways Tech Executives Limit Their Children’s Internet Usage0

    When a friend of mine mentioned that her daughter had developed greater interest in reading in recent weeks, I responded with enthusiasm. Opening her eyes wide in mock innocence she went on to say, “It happened after we got rid of our home Wi-Fi. Imagine that!” Such a move may seem alarming – and perhaps

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  • The FBI’s Attacks on MLK, Jr. Are Helpful Reminders for Today

    The FBI’s Attacks on MLK, Jr. Are Helpful Reminders for Today0

    Writing for the Wall Street Journal in 2005, federal judge and former U.S. deputy attorney general Laurence Silberman recalled how he was “shocked” to discover the extent the FBI abused its power to spy on Americans.  Speaking of the first time he reviewed the files of J. Edgar Hoover, Silberman writes how Hoover tasked “his agents with reporting

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  • California Makes 20x What Gas-Station Owners Make on a Gallon of Gasoline, After Tax Hike

    California Makes 20x What Gas-Station Owners Make on a Gallon of Gasoline, After Tax Hike0

    California drivers experienced sticker shock at the gas pump on Nov. 1. The state’s gasoline tax rose by 12 cents per gallon that day, bringing the total to 39.8 cents. Along with the federal gas tax of 18.4 cents, Californians now pay 58.2 cents in excise taxes per gallon. Like all other states with sales

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  • Can #MeToo Feminism and the Hookup Culture Coexist?

    Can #MeToo Feminism and the Hookup Culture Coexist?0

    There is a scene in the 2017 hit romantic comedy The Big Sick that shows the perfect one-night stand. The protagonist, a 30-something Pakistani immigrant named Kumail (played by Kumail Nanjiani of HBO’s Silicon Valley), meets an attractive grad student (Zoe Kazan) at a Chicago comedy club where he moonlights as a comedian. They have

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  • When Feeding the Homeless Becomes a Crime

    When Feeding the Homeless Becomes a Crime0

    More than a dozen people were recently arrested in El Cajon, California. Their crime? They were feeding the homeless. “The arrests come in the wake of a newly enacted city ordinance banning people from feeding the homeless in public,” a local news station reported. The group was aware of the ordinance, the report said, but

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