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  • French Philosopher Decries Corona ‘Madness’

    French Philosopher Decries Corona ‘Madness’0

    Earlier this year the coronavirus pandemic caught Bernard-Henri Lévy, France’s rock-star public intellectual, overseas. He had been reporting on the plight of Lesbos, the Aegean island crowded with refugees from Syria, and then of Bangladesh, which was attempting to cope not only with COVID-19 but also Islamic extremism, hundreds of thousands of Royhingya refugees, climate

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  • Cuba Loosens Restrictions on Private Businesses to Battle COVID-19

    Cuba Loosens Restrictions on Private Businesses to Battle COVID-190

    Over the past decade, Cuba’s private sector has experienced slow-but-steady growth thanks to a mix of entrepreneurial grit and incremental policy changes. Although the Communist government continues to waffle on the scope and duration of various restrictions, the number of self-employed Cubans has risen from 150,000 to 600,000 since 2010 – that is, until the

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  • Why Fox News Loves Trump’s Depressing Poll Numbers

    Why Fox News Loves Trump’s Depressing Poll Numbers0

    Lately I’ve been watching Donald Trump’s press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, and deputy press secretary, Hogan Gidley, argue with Fox News anchors who insist that Trump is trailing Biden in the presidential race by at least seven points – perhaps more – and is likely to be whipped in all the battleground states.  Fox News celebrities

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  • Parents, Educators, Doctors Join Trump in New Push to Reopen Schools

    Parents, Educators, Doctors Join Trump in New Push to Reopen Schools0

    Dr. Melanie McGraw Piasecki is both a pediatrician and a mother of three who wants to see kids back in school after the COVID-19 lockdown that shuttered classrooms in the spring and is on the cusp of doing so this fall across the country. “My children did not have a particularly great experience in the

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  • Our Failed Leaders and Our Sorry State of Affairs

    Our Failed Leaders and Our Sorry State of Affairs0

    Ignorance. Incongruity. Irresponsibility. Ineptitude. Stupidity. Sometimes willed-stupidity. Pick any combination of the above words, apply them to some of our governors and mayors, and you’ll find the moniker fits them snug as a glove. Never in my entire life have I seen so many of America’s elected officials guilty of such a massive collective failure

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  • On This Day, the Berlin Wall Began to Rise

    On This Day, the Berlin Wall Began to Rise0

    East Germany, formally known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), wanted to be a paradise for the common folk. It called itself a “workers’ and peasants’ state.” Its anthem, “Risen from Ruins,” brought to mind a phoenix rising gloriously from the ashes of World War II. From cradle to grave, the East German government cared

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  • Will Coronavirus Mean the End of Private Schools?

    Will Coronavirus Mean the End of Private Schools?0

    As the coronavirus crisis continues, question marks swirl around the school year that is about to begin. Few schools will be returning to fulltime, in-classroom instruction straight away. Thus, parents are considering alternatives. Homeschooling is an attractive option. Some families are even teaming up to establish home-based microschools or “pandemic pods.”  But where does that leave traditional private schools?

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  • Why Chicago’s Mayor Blames Her City’s Murders on Wisconsin and Indiana

    Why Chicago’s Mayor Blames Her City’s Murders on Wisconsin and Indiana0

    It is now well known that the City of Chicago and Illinois overall have adopted stringent gun control laws over the years. Thus, the pro-gun control Giffords Center gives the state of Illinois a lofty “A-” on its “annual gun scorecard.” Yet, somehow, shootings are surging in the city this year. Although crime in Chicago

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  • Three Athletes Take a Stand Instead of a Knee

    Three Athletes Take a Stand Instead of a Knee0

    With the Black Lives Matter movement quickly becoming the cause du jour after George Floyd’s death, the case of athletes kneeling during America’s national anthem went from being a high-profile, but rather uncommon action (which the National Football League banned in 2018 before an about face this year) to being so common among millionaire athletes as to be practically meaningless.

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