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4 Questions Every Intelligent Reader Should Ask 0
- Culture
- February 22, 2017
There’s no denying that the literacy levels in the U.S. are a bit alarming: 14 percent of adults can’t read. Only 13 percent of adults can read at a proficient level. 27 percent of adults didn’t read a book in the last year. 50 percent of adults can’t read a book written at an 8th grade
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Is it Ethical to Encourage Teens to Get Abortions and Profit From it?0
- Culture
- February 22, 2017
As the parent of young children, I’m in the habit of looking over everything my kids read or watch. It’s not that hard; I buy every book and they’re really only allowed to watch the PBS show Daniel Tiger, and an Amazon show called Tumble Leaf. Before letting them watch either show, I screened a
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Should Students Be Punished for Recording their Professors?0
- Education
- February 22, 2017
Recently a conservative student at Orange Coast College in California was suspended for video-recording his professor going on a liberal rant last November. The professor, Olga Perez Stable Cox, was supposed to be teaching a human sexuality course, but instead went on a tangent about the country being in a state of “civil war” and
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Can Grammar Be Racist? The University of Washington Thinks So 0
- Culture
- February 22, 2017
Grammar is “racist,” according to the professional staff, tutors, and the Director of the writing center at the University of Washington at Tacoma. To combat this perceived racism they promise to “emphasize the importance of rhetorical situations over grammatical ‘correctness.’” Forget learning how to write correctly, now a “big part” of the work of writing
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Illegal Voter Registration Appears to Be a Serious Problem 0
- Politics
- February 22, 2017
Via the Washington Times: A large number of non-citizen Hispanics, as many as 2 million, were illegally registered to vote in the U.S., according to a nationwide poll. The National Hispanic Survey provides additional evidence for use by anti-voter fraud conservatives and bolsters an analysis by professors at Old Dominion University who say non-citizens registered and voted
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Dear Clinton Voters: You’re Confusing Me 0
- Politics
- February 22, 2017
Dear Clinton Voters, I confess that, as someone who voted for neither candidate in 2016, you have me baffled indeed. During the campaign you were warning us in the public that the bellicose nationalism of your opponent was a dark and dangerous direction. Yet now, with the candidate you opposed in office, it is precisely
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