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Should “They” Really Be the Word of the Decade?0
- Culture
- January 6, 2020
By now we have all gotten used to the annual year-end designation of the “word of the year.” I did not know, until the holiday break, that there was also a “word of the decade.” But there I was watching a football game, and on the news tape running at the bottom of the screen
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Make No Bones About Iran 0
- International
- January 6, 2020
Otto von Bismarck famously declared the Balkans weren’t worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier. He knew that fractious, feuding part of Europe would soak up as much blood as the Germans cared to spill. Because Bismarck’s successors forgot his wisdom, the Balkans ended up claiming the bones of millions, in what was naively
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15 Economic, Historical, and Health Facts About Bacon 0
- Culture
- January 3, 2020
Many may not realize that thousands of Americans annually celebrate National Bacon Day every December 30. Honoring a breakfast staple with a day of observance might seem odd, but bacon is not your typical food. The tasty snack has become a cultural obsession and a fixture of American pop culture. Who can forget eight-year-old King
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What the Founders Actually Thought About Slavery 0
- Education
- January 3, 2020
One of the ironies of the current American “elite” is that, rather than actually being elite, they have the smug self-assurance of knowing much that isn’t so. Recently, a video surfaced of South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a Harvard University graduate and Rhodes scholar, explaining to a group of high school students why the
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Why Iraq Is Much Worse Than ‘Trump’s Benghazi’0
- International
- January 3, 2020
“The anti-Benghazi!” President Donald Trump replied after liberals referred to the storming of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad as his Benghazi, referencing the assault on the American consulate in Libya under the previous administration. Trump, supporters maintained, did not hesitate to repel the attack. In fact, in breaking news Wednesday night it was reported that the U.S.
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A Note to Politicians: What Average Americans Want 0
- Culture
- January 3, 2020
On New Year’s Eve, four of my siblings, their spouses, and I gathered at my sister’s house in Asheville, North Carolina. A table covered with side dishes and hors d’oeuvres, wonderful conversations and reminiscences, and glasses raised at midnight: it was a memorable New Year’s Eve party. The party continued the next morning with more
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