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New Stanford Study Suggests Biden’s Agenda Will Devastate the Economy 0
- Economics
- October 20, 2020
Sympathetic media outlets have repeatedly asserted that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s tax agenda would only hurt the wealthy. But a new study shows that Biden’s tax and regulatory agenda could seriously hurt the economy overall. Four economists from Stanford University’s Hoover Institution analyzed Biden’s proposals to increase taxes, reinstate and expand a host of
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Four Reasons Literature Needs to Be Saved From Its Teachers 0
- Education
- October 20, 2020
“We read a lot of literature in high school,” a first-year student explained to me. “And that’s why I don’t like it.” When I asked her what she had read and how it had been taught, she answered: “‘Huckleberry Finn.’ It shows that slavery is wrong.” If you didn’t know that already, I thought, you
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Fiddling With Feelings While Minneapolis Burned 0
- Culture
- October 20, 2020
The election is on the horizon. The finish line of a horrific year of COVID, riots, and unrest can be seen in the distance. The only problem is, many of us wonder if the election, rather than setting things to right, will only shake things up further. Will regulations continue? Will unrest increase? Will we
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Critical Race Theory and the Armed Services 0
- Culture
- October 20, 2020
What on earth is going on in the American military? The purpose and mission of our military should be elementary: to protect us from attack, to enter a fray when politics fails, and to eliminate our enemies. Officers and enlisted personnel train and serve for one reason: to destroy our adversaries in times of war.
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Why America Is Experiencing Two Very Different Economic Recoveries 0
- Economics
- October 19, 2020
Nations across the world are still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, which triggered a global recession following economic lockdowns enforced by most developed nations around the world. New estimates put the economic losses at more than $16 trillion, and the United States saw its GDP shrink 9.5 percent between April and June, its largest drop
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The History of the Supreme Court in Nine Justices: Foundation and Secession 0
- History
- October 19, 2020
If Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed, she will be the 115th justice to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States, spanning 231 years of the court’s history. The Supreme Court first convened on February 2, 1790, in a session with no cases on the docket. It would have begun on February 1, but a quorum
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Stop With the Politics: A New Approach to the Culture Wars 0
- Culture
- October 19, 2020
G.K. Chesterton once wrote “‘My country, right or wrong,’ is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying ‘My mother, drunk or sober.’” Agreed. Both a country in the wrong and a mother on the bottle need some help and correction. But hidden beneath Chesterton’s quip is
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Nearly 1 in 4 College Students Say They’ll ‘Likely’ Protest If Trump Wins 0
- Politics
- October 19, 2020
Around 40 percent of college students said they will likely or certainly protest if President Donald Trump wins the election, according to an Axios poll released Friday. Exactly 22 percent of students surveyed said they are likely to protest and 17 percent said they will protest should Trump win the 2020 election, the College Reaction/Axios
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China Makes Things Hard for Foreign Businesses, But the Money Keeps Them Coming 0
- Economics
- October 19, 2020
Doing business in China can be a difficult and contentious proposition for companies in many countries. Yet even with charges of intellectual property theft, forced partnerships and tight restrictions on doing business, China continues to attract foreign capital. Why do businesses want to invest in China when there are so many other “business-friendly” countries and
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New Stanford Study Suggests Biden’s Agenda Will Devastate the Economy 0