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The Dangerous Consequences of ‘Distracted Parenting’0
- Culture
- November 11, 2016
Parental overuse of portable technology, especially smart phones and tablets, can pose a genuine threat to the welfare and development of children. The phenomenon is called “distracted parenting”. It’s far too common and, in some cases, outright dangerous. Distracted parenting is a form of escapism. Parents flee to social media sites, whether Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest
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‘Race, Class, Gender’—The Left Now Only Has 2 of the 3 0
- Politics
- November 11, 2016
“Race, class, gender.” For more than a generation now, the academic left has relied on these as hermeneutical keys for interpreting just about everything. I recall the great historian of Victorian England Gertrude Himmelfarb, speaking wryly at a 1980’s convention of the American Historical Association: “Professors might as well create a keyboard shortcut for the
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The Everyman Election the Pollsters Didn’t See Coming 0
- Culture
- November 10, 2016
‘Can you hear me now?’ should be the headline. Establishment, inside, elite politicians and media have heard and are still stunned. They don’t quite know yet what to make of the results of Election 2016 in America because as of the moment this is being written, the results aren’t yet fully in. But from what
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President of Ivy League School ‘Concerned’ as Campus Reels Following Trump Win 0
- Culture
- November 10, 2016
Columbia University President Lee Bollinger urged the student body and Columbia faculty to return to the school’s “fundamental values” following Donald Trump’s surprising presidential victory Tuesday, which triggered a firestorm on campus. “I am writing because of concerns for our community arising out of yesterday’s national election. Certainly, not in my lifetime has there been
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Dear Donald: First, Let’s Make America Good Again 0
- Culture
- November 10, 2016
Donald Trump is our next president. What does this mean for Christian conservatives? On the plus side: * America repudiated the Establishment of both political parties. * America repudiated the Mainstream Media. * America repudiated the Chattering Classes of both parties. Above all, Americans acted like Americans. We refused to let ourselves be manipulated by
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Why Don’t Conservatives Just Take Their Kids Out of Public Schools?1
- Education
- November 10, 2016
Conservatives have many ideological complaints about the current public education system: the way it indoctrinates their children, the way it teaches them history, the way it institutionalizes them. Their most recent issue (which, arguably, many liberal parents have a problem with, too) is over the federal government’s mandate that a transgender boy at a Chicago-area
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