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What Social Media is Doing to Our Children’s Morals 0
- Culture
- August 16, 2016
We have all heard complaints that young people are spending too much time online and not enough time in the “real world” – with studies showing that nearly three quarters of 12 to 15-year-olds in the UK have a social media profile and spend an average of 19 hours a week online. More worrying, perhaps,
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Actor: Western Civilization is in Danger of Losing 0
- Entertainment
- August 15, 2016
John Rhys-Davies is famous for playing Sallah in the Indiana Jones movies, and more recently, Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. But he has also become an outspoken defender of the West against its perceived enemies, both within and without. In an interview last week with FOX411, he decried the growing intolerance that
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What Early Feminists Meant by ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’0
- Culture
- August 15, 2016
The phrase “equal pay for equal work” is in play again, with an intended meaning we all know. The idea is that government should force (really force, this time) private employers to boost the pay of women to match the rate of men in the same positions. It’s a bad idea; more than that, the
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Universities Should Bring Back Military History 0
- History
- August 15, 2016
War defines the United States. Domestically, it is the country’s greatest budgetary priority: $598 billion, 54 per cent of discretionary spending, in fiscal year 2015. Globally, we have more than 800 bases in some 80 countries, and spend more than the next nine nations combined. Yet academic historians, especially those at the nation’s most richly
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5 Reasons Schools Should Teach Debate to Students 0
- Education
- August 15, 2016
The other day a friend of mine was describing a video clip of a student debate he had seen online. According to my friend, the video showed a student who was clearly trying to make a logical argument, but was grasping at straws and clueless on how to debate in a rational manner. Such a
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U.S. Mayor Gives Panhandlers Jobs 0
- Culture
- August 15, 2016
The Washington Post last week published a story about a unique initiative in Albuquerque that puts panhandlers to work. There’s a Better Way, a program initiated by the Mayor Richard Berry, offers $9 an hour (plus free lunch) to panhandlers who are dispatched around the city on beautification projects. The results, so far, look pretty good. Via
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