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The Clock Is Ticking for America 4
- Politics, Culture
- March 2, 2023
Yeonmi Park’s new book, While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector’s Search for Freedom in America, is a broadside against current American political indoctrination, which is a propaganda campaign that reminds Park of her adolescence spent living in a “dictatorship of the mind.” Park’s first book, In Order to Live, recounted her impoverished and brutal
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What Thomas Jefferson Meant by ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’4
- Politics, History
- March 2, 2023
The idea of the “pursuit of happiness” is in our societal DNA. Yet, this “unalienable right,” immortalized in the Declaration of Independence, has often puzzled people. What exactly did Jefferson mean? Most people think of happiness as feeling good, but that is not what Jefferson meant. Pleasure and happiness are not the same. Our happiness
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The Dark Origins and History of International Women’s Day 4
- International
- March 1, 2023
March 8 is International Women’s Day, and over the past few years, this means our news and social media feeds are flooded with stories and advertisements centering on women (and sometimes men identifying as women). Some of these stories do shine a light on how women have contributed to the world we live in, but
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Objectifying Women? The Importance of Modesty 2
- Culture
- March 1, 2023
Modesty isn’t something society likes to talk about. Suggest that it might be proper and you’ll probably get an angry glance, and if you’re in the right situation, a snide comment about the patriarchy. “If you don’t like it, don’t look,” many people declare, and everybody else is expected to applaud their astounding show of
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Western Leftists Loved Stalinism and Maoism, Despite Their Horrors 1
- Politics, Economics
- March 1, 2023
I recently had the opportunity to travel to the Texas Tech University School of Law to debate the merits of capitalism versus socialism with Ben Burgis, a columnist for Jacobin and philosophy instructor at Georgia State University Perimeter College. It was a riveting discussion, and I hope students left with not just a better understanding of the horrors
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Need Inspiration? Just Look Around 2
- Politics, Culture
- February 28, 2023
Dreams, determination, talent, and guts are critical to be successful in the world of sports. From the Olympic gymnast to the star quarterback of a high school football team, all good athletes possess these attributes. Since elementary school, they have spent countless hours chasing their ambitions, developing their skills, and learning the ins-and-outs of their
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