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  • Why FDR was against Public Employee Unions

    Why FDR was against Public Employee Unions0

    In the case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, the Supreme Court announced a 4-4 vote on March 29, 2016. The tie was due to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. For teachers unions around the country it was a great victory that would have likely not happened. Here is how The New York Times describes

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  • When Socialism Works

    When Socialism Works0

    Because of Bernie Sanders’s campaign for the presidency, many Americans are asking if “democratic socialism” is possible. Can there be a form of socialism that really includes the voices of all the people? In a March 17 feature at FEE.org, economist Sandy Ikeda offered some strong reasons to doubt it (see “‘Democratic Socialism’ Is a

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  • This Mother Taught Her Children to Read at a 12th Grade Level in ONE Day!

    This Mother Taught Her Children to Read at a 12th Grade Level in ONE Day!1

    When it comes to education, learning to read is probably at the top of everyone’s list in terms of importance. Yet learning to read has become a long and arduous process through which parents and teachers hope and pray their students will make it. The long and arduous process of learning to read raises the

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  • The UN’s Ridiculously Biased Human Rights Report

    The UN’s Ridiculously Biased Human Rights Report0

    Via Anne Bayefsky at Fox News: According to the United Nations, the most evil country in the world today is Israel. On March 24, 2016, the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) wrapped up its annual meeting in New York by condemning only one country for violating women’s rights anywhere on the planet

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  • Survey: Parents Are Going Into Debt to Spoil Their Children

    Survey: Parents Are Going Into Debt to Spoil Their Children0

    Parents have a moral obligation to care for their children’s needs to the best of their abilities. But what happens when parents endanger their children’s basic necessities for the sake of their children’s wants? According to a recent article on a T. Rowe Price survey in the Financial Advisor, that is a situation that almost

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  • Something Pro-Life and Pro-Choice People Can Agree On?

    Something Pro-Life and Pro-Choice People Can Agree On?0

    This week, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump suggested during an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that women who have abortions should be “punished” in some form. Of course, that evoked outrage from pro-choice voters. But it also riled most pro-life voters, too. It’s important to understand why, if only to keep our facts straight. The

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  • Psychologist: TV ‘Rapes’ our Mind

    Psychologist: TV ‘Rapes’ our Mind0

    According to The Nielsen Company’s “The Total Audience Report” for the 3rd quarter of 2015, the average American adult spends 4 ½ hours each day watching TV and a total of 9 ½ hours each day being entertained through all devices. ­ A typical critique of time spent watching TV and being entertained usually follows the

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  • Nielsen Reports Reveal Crazy Racial Differences in TV Time

    Nielsen Reports Reveal Crazy Racial Differences in TV Time0

    There is a fascinating bit of data revealed in a number of recent The Nielsen Company entertainment studies. While those in the entertainment and media industries may be aware of the discrepancies, the general public probably has no idea how different the entertainment habits are of different races of Americans. We certainly didn’t. In the

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  • Intellectual Takeout has an app!

    Intellectual Takeout has an app!1

    • March 31, 2016

    It’s been too long in coming, but Intellectual Takeout now has an app. While it’s live on Apple’s App Store, it’s still just a beta version. You can download it for your iPhone by clicking the link below: Intellectual Takeout App Let us know what you think and what you’d like to see on it.

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