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African Americans Speak for Themselves: Most Want School Choice 0
- Education
- July 28, 2017
Private school choice is the work of racists. That message, it seems increasingly clear, is going to be a major weapon wielded by opponents of educational freedom for the foreseeable future. It is the explicit contention of a new Center for American Progress report, The Racist Origins of Private School Vouchers, and of Randi Weingarten, President
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Why First World Countries Have Third World Cities 0
- Culture
- July 28, 2017
As I avoided the potholes, ignored the sounds of guns, and walked past beggars throughout the streets of New Orleans, I could not help but be reminded of my travels in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. With their mass poverty and crumbling infrastructure, the two cities differ in one key area: Phnom Penh is in a developing
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Has Bias Against Women Been Exaggerated?0
- Culture
- July 28, 2017
Despite all their advances in recent years, it seems that popular culture would have us believe that women are still the victims of bias and discrimination. When it comes to the wage gap, they’re on the lower end of the pay scale, presumably because of discrimination. Their presence is rare in high-paying science and engineering
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Why is socialism being promoted by conservative Christian outlets?0
- Economics
- July 27, 2017
Socialism,” said Richard John Neuhaus, “is the religion people get when they lose their religion.” While that might have been true in Neuhaus’s day, many young Christians are now attempting to have their faith and socialism too. I never got the opportunity to meet Fr. Neuhaus. He died in January 2009, two months before I
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How Good is Your Philosophy Vocabulary?0
- Culture
- July 27, 2017
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Do We Really Want Men to Be More Vulnerable?0
- Culture
- July 27, 2017
In a piece last week for Vanity Fair with a title that perfectly captures the magazine’s signature tone of grandiosity and giddy celebrity-worship—“Jay-Z, Prince Harry, Brad Pitt, and the New Frontiers of Male Vulnerability”—Monica Lewinsky praises the trio of celebs as refreshing examples of men liberating themselves from the straitjacket of traditional masculinity and embracing an endearing
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