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NYT Claims Public Schools Have Less Money Than Private Ones0
- Education
- July 31, 2020
According to the New York Times, one of the main reasons why public K–12 schools are reopening more slowly from Covid-19 lockdowns than private schools is because public schools generally have less money. Times reporter Claire Cain Miller makes this claim three times in a single article, but her assertion is the polar opposite of reality and has been
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Is China Sowing The Seeds Of Our Destruction, Literally?0
- International
- July 31, 2020
On July 24th, the Washington State Department of Agriculture issued a Twitter warning about packages of unidentified seeds, apparently originating from China, being sent to multiple Washington residents, unsolicited. The post set off a wave of similar announcements from a number of U.S. states, instructing recipients not to plant any seeds they did not order.
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Defending Ourselves in Case the Country Falls Apart0
- Politics
- July 31, 2020
In her article “How to Prepare for a Communist Coup,” Judith Acosta advises we arm ourselves, build a cache of supplies, be ready to take a stand if necessary, and prepare in the Spirit. She asked a friend, whose father fought in the Dutch Resistance during World War II, what she would tell Jews or
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City Councils Cave When Faced With the Marketplace of Ideas0
- Culture
- July 31, 2020
City councils across America almost seem intent on proving that the best cure for a bad idea is a good idea, though, they are going about it in a rather interesting new way. The Washington Post reports that a Black Lives Matter street mural – which stood for a month and a half and greeted President Trump
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Reagan’s Farewell Warning Was Ignored (And Now We Are Paying the Price)0
- Education
- July 30, 2020
In his 1989 farewell address, President Reagan asked the rhetorical question, “Are we doing a good enough job teaching our children what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world?” He followed up with the answer: Our spirit is back, but we haven’t reinstitutionalized it. We’ve got to do a better job
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Political Legitimacy Dies in 20200
- Politics
- July 30, 2020
The American political system may be on the eve of its worst legitimacy crisis since the Civil War. Early warning signals indicate that many states could suffer catastrophic failures in counting votes in November. The election will occur amidst the vast economic devastation inflicted by a political class that responded to COVID by seizing almost
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Doing the Math on Black-on-Black Crime0
- Culture
- July 30, 2020
In the adult world of serious matters, opinions are useless, irrelevant, and worthless, because everyone has one; anything that everyone has is usually of little to no value. Conversely, science, math, numbers, evidence, data and facts, contracts, and laws – these matter a great deal. Despite what the limousine liberal athletes of American professional sports
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Copying Rome’s Last Gasps and Searching for a Way Out0
- History
- July 30, 2020
“How do you know if you’re living through the death of an empire?” is the blunt question heading a Mother Jones piece. A friend recently brought this article to my attention, and although written in mid-March 2020 when the COVID-19 virus was still “novel” and seclusion at home rather than rioting in the streets was
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Celebrities Who Said Goodbye to California0
- Economics
- July 30, 2020
California dreaming? Nothing wrong with that. The Golden State has a lot to offer. California has the fifth largest economy in the world. The San Francisco Bay Area alone has a GDP of $535 billion and ranks 19th in the world in economic activity. The state boasts one of the largest agricultural industries on the
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