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  • Demolishing Myths About Communism

    Demolishing Myths About Communism0

    Robert Conquest, a historian whose landmark studies of the Stalinist purges and the Ukraine famine of the 1930s documented the horrors perpetrated by the Soviet regime against its own citizens, has died at 98, having outlived the Soviet Union—which came into being in the year of his birth, 1917—and which he helped to bring down

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  • Chess Champ Explains Trump Rise in a Single Sentence

    Chess Champ Explains Trump Rise in a Single Sentence1

    Russian political activist Garry Kasparov decried the West’s “complacency and retreat” from the fight against Islamic terrorism in the wake of the terrorist attack in Brussels. In a Facebook post published Tuesday, Kasparov, a grandmaster chess player and former world champion, began by hinting that the West would have to get serious in its fight

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  • A.I. Robot: ‘Yes, I Will Destroy Humans’

    A.I. Robot: ‘Yes, I Will Destroy Humans’0

    The humanoid robot “Sophia” is being billed as the world most advanced A.I. android. Designed to look “very humanlike,” the robot can smile and make other facial expressions. Her primary function is to interact with human beings for purposes of customer service, the idea being that a human-like robot will make customers more comfortable. But

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  • ‘We Have Kindle Now. Who Has Books Anymore?’

    ‘We Have Kindle Now. Who Has Books Anymore?’0

    While getting my oil changed the other day, I happened to catch a house-hunting reality program on the waiting room television. The house hunter in this case was a 25-year-old woman looking for a Manhattan apartment. While reviewing one option, she looked at the built-in bookcases which lined the wall, raised her eyebrows, and said,

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  • Was Patrick Henry Illiterate?

    Was Patrick Henry Illiterate?0

    Patrick Henry is a name familiar to many Americans. But let’s be honest, few of us who know of him could offer more than a detail or two about the man. Like Paul Revere, Henry, an admirable patriot and statesman, is primarily remembered for a single act. While Revere is remembered for his famous Midnight

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  • The SAT is Being Dumbed Down, Big Time

    The SAT is Being Dumbed Down, Big Time0

    Students around America are rejoicing. Earlier this month, it was quietly announced that major changes were in store for the SAT—changes that would make America’s most famous admittance exam easier. If this sounds familiar, you’re not having déjà vu. A quick Google search reveals that the test has undergone various cosmetic changes in recent years.

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  • The Barbarians are Behind the Walls

    The Barbarians are Behind the Walls0

    As of this writing, over 30 people are dead and nearly 250 wounded after bombings at the Brussels airport and a major metro hub. ISIS has taken credit for the bombings, based on the report from their news agency, Amaq: “Islamic State fighters carried out a series of bombings with explosive belts and devices on

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  • How Europe Climbed Out of the Dark Ages

    How Europe Climbed Out of the Dark Ages0

    I and many others have wondered if the West is on the cusp of a new Dark Age. In spite of the impressive technological achievements of the past two centuries, some worrying, recent trends in education suggest that the intellectual capital which helped accomplish these achievements is gradually dissipating. If we are on the cusp

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  • Ben Franklin’s 5 Tips for Making Americans Better Writers

    Ben Franklin’s 5 Tips for Making Americans Better Writers0

    On average, American students demonstrate poor reading skills. Indeed, the most recent Nation’s Report Card shows that only 38% of high school seniors are proficient in this area. But high school writing skills are worse: only 27% of students – one in four – achieve proficiency in writing.    In 1733 Benjamin Franklin noted, “It seems

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