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Obamacare Now has a Transgender Mandate?0
- Economics
- September 12, 2016
Ethical challenges to Obamacare, aka the Affordable Care Act: ? Abortion ? Euthanasia ? Sterilisation ? Contraception And, forging ahead, Obamacare may be forcing doctors to perform gender transition procedures. Last year the Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interpretation of Obamacare’s Section 1557. This forbade discrimination on the basis of “sex”.
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The Economist: Why Cursive is Making a Comeback 0
- Culture
- September 9, 2016
Last week, I bought an item at the store, swiped my card, and then signed my name on the electronic notepad at the register. But while such an occasion is a regular occurrence, I came away with a unique experience: my electronic signature actually looked normal. The thought passed through my mind that technology must
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Should We Stop Segregating Students by Age?1
- Education
- September 9, 2016
It’s commonly believed by Americans that allowing students to skip grades is unhealthy for their social and emotional development. However, an article in this month’s Scientific American suggests the opposite. The article describes the work of the “Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth” (SMPY), which over the past 45 years has identified 5,000 gifted individuals and
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Will de Blasio’s Universal Pre-K Hurt Kids Instead of Help?0
- Culture
- September 9, 2016
Given the recent interest in starting universal preschool programs in states and cities around the country, it’s perhaps no surprise that The Atlantic highlighted the one begun by New York City mayor Bill de Blasio. As The Atlantic describes it, de Blasio’s preschool program is the great equalizer which gives the same goods and services
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Why Modern Education is Doomed to Die 0
- Culture
- September 9, 2016
One of the great transitions in education in the past fifty years has been the increased emphasis on the so-called STEM subjects – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – and a corresponding diminishing of the place of the traditional liberal arts or humanities, especially literature, history and philosophy. This has been due in part to
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BREAKING: Matt Lauer Asked Hillary Clinton Tough Questions 0
- Politics
- September 9, 2016
You can tell it’s the silly season when journalists and media organizations are freaking out because a journalist asked a presidential candidate pointed questions. Earlier this week during a Commander-In-Chief forum on NBC, Matt Lauer asked Hillary Clinton about her use of email from a clandestine server during her tenure at the State Department. Clinton
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