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Protecting the Magic of Childhood35
- Culture
- March 1, 2022
A couple of years ago, some friends and I were discussing the lottery. “When people ask me if I ever buy tickets, I tell them I already won the lottery,” one man said. “I was born in the middle of the 20th century in the United States of America.” Roughly 70 years after that mid-20th
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NYT Publishes Slanderous Video About the Death of Trayvon Martin0
- Culture
- March 1, 2022
On the 10th anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin, the New York Times has published a video about this tragedy that slanders individuals, sows racial resentments, and impugns the people of the United States en masse. In addition to employing a series of highly deceptive half-truths, the video edits a police recording to make
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Is Putin Considering Using Nukes on NATO?0
- International
- March 1, 2022
From his principal avenues of attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin began this war with three strategic goals. Send an army south from Belarus to capture Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and replace the government. Send forces into northwest Ukraine to capture its second largest city, Kharkiv, with 1.4 million people. Third, extend the Donetsk enclave
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A Principled Way of Addressing Trans Athletics0
- Culture
- February 28, 2022
Swimmer Lia Thomas swept her individual races at the recent Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships, breaking numerous records in the process. Thomas is now headed to the NCAA Championships in mid-March, albeit with much controversy, for Thomas’s recent identification transition from a man to a woman is perceived by many, teammates included, as an
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Trucking With Joe Biden2
- Culture
- February 25, 2022
The big rigs are hitting the road as I write these words. A thousand trucks departed from California late in February on their way to Washington, D.C., The Daily Mail reports. Others from around the country will join that convoy. If their schedule goes as planned, they’ll arrive in the
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Where Have All the Great Men Gone? (Not to Harvard)0
- Culture
- February 24, 2022
The other day, Harvard senior Julie Hartman wrote a brief tale in the Wall Street Journal about what has been happening on that revered campus since COVID landed its microscopic self on American shores. She and her classmates have been denied the norms of campus life, treated instead to mask-wearing, social distancing, and endless COVID
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GOP ‘Gerrymandering’ is ‘Racist’—Obama-mandering is Just Politics0
- History
- February 24, 2022
The term “gerrymander” derives from Elbridge Gerry, a Founding Father and vice president who, as governor of Massachusetts, approved an oddly drawn state senate district to benefit his Democratic-Republican Party over the Federalist Party. Both parties do it. Both parties complain when the other party does it to them. Consider recent GOP “gerrymandering” efforts. Former
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Freedom Will Win the War Against Fascism0
- International
- February 23, 2022
Many of us have followed the news about the crackdowns on Canadian truckers protesting COVID mandates and other attacks on liberty in that country. In addition to arresting many of these freedom fighters, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government froze their bank accounts, confiscated their vehicles, and are threatening to sell them.
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Democrats Are Building a Wall to Keep Out Truckers0
- Politics
- February 23, 2022
Seven-foot fencing topped with razor wire will be installed surrounding the U.S. Capitol next week, in advance of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union on March 1. The wall is to keep out truckers who are heading to Washington, D.C., as part of the Freedom Convoy protesting COVID restrictions. Instead of shutting the truckers
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