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Trump vs. the States: What Federalism Means for the Coronavirus Response 0
- Politics
- April 20, 2020
President Donald Trump recently attempted to explain the complex relationship between the federal government and the states, as outlined by the framers in 1787. “[Y]ou can call it ‘federalist,’ you can call it ‘the Constitution,’ but I call it ‘the Constitution,’” he said at a briefing by the Coronavirus Task Force. Trump’s statement, along with
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Five Things Harvard’s Critique of Homeschooling Gets Wrong 0
- Culture
- April 20, 2020
Author’s Note: This is a copy of my submitted Letter to the Editor of Harvard Magazine regarding its recent article,“The Risks of Homeschooling.” Dear Editor: As a Harvard alum, longtime donor, education researcher, and homeschooling mother of four children in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I was shocked to read the article, “The Risks of Homeschooling,” by Erin
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Fighting for Liberty in the Age of COVID-19 0
- History
- April 20, 2020
It’s about 11 o’clock in the morning on April 19, 1775. Imagine yourself standing in a motley band of 400 people at the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. You and your neighbors are armed with a variety of firearms, many of you are apprehensive or frightened, and all of you firmly believe that a tyrant
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What We Sacrifice in the Pursuit of Immortality 0
- Culture
- April 20, 2020
“Is the first person who will live to 150 alive today?” asked a recent Wall Street Journal article. The piece features biology Professor Steven Austad who contends that “today’s college students… can expect to live a century or more because their health will be unlike anything seen before in human history.” I had to suppress
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What We Lose When We Can’t Touch the World Around Us 0
- Culture
- April 17, 2020
During one of my daily walks with my toddler, when we passed his favorite playground, I noticed a new sign warning that the coronavirus survives on all kinds of surfaces and that we should no longer use the playground. Since then, I’ve taken great pains to prevent him from touching things. This hasn’t been easy.
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Leftist State Governments Embrace ‘States’ Rights’0
- Politics
- April 17, 2020
Some White House advisors like Anthony Fauci have often acted as if they were in a position to dictate to states whether or not states mandate “social distancing.” But neither the President or his advisors have ever demonstrated they actually have the legal authority to set state and local policies in these matters. Indeed, Donald
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