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‘Cancel Culture’ Claims Hagia Sophia 0
- Culture
- July 15, 2020
The latest outbreak of “cancel culture” overshadows debates over President Trump’s Twitter feed and defacing statues of Confederate generals. Turkey’s President Erdogan has turned the biggest tourist attraction in Turkey from a museum into a mosque. This is not just any museum; nor will it be just any mosque. It began in 537 as the
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Why Some Revolutions Fail 0
- Culture
- July 14, 2020
Soon after the start of the French Revolution on July 14, 1789, the English statesman Edmund Burke saw storm clouds on the horizon. Under the banner of “liberty, equality, and fraternity,” the French revolutionaries not only attacked the dreaded Bastille prison in Paris. They assaulted the most important historic institutions in France: the monarchy, the
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Six Everyday Ways to Raise Intellectually Curious Children 0
- Education
- July 14, 2020
Homeschooling is now mainstream. If recent reports are any indication, it isn’t going to fade into the background anytime soon. Having homeschooling forced upon them for several months, many parents have found they love it, while others find they can’t wait for schools to relieve them in caring for their children for six or more hours
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Shaun King and the ‘White Jesus’ That Undermines Racism 0
- History
- July 14, 2020
Let it never be said that Shaun King of Black Lives Matter has no influence. On June 22, King called for BLM protesters to desecrate all depictions of a European-looking Jesus, essentially inviting the wholescale vandalism of every Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox parish in the world. Within 24 hours, misguided activists half a world apart obeyed. Black Lives
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Pushing the COVID-19 Panic Narrative 0
- Politics
- July 14, 2020
Many Americans remain terrified of COVID-19. The narrative of panic advanced by much of the news media fuels that feeling. In recent days, the focus has been on skyrocketing numbers of people testing positive for the coronavirus. But there are very promising signs that the virus is burning itself out. After spiking earlier this year,
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COVID Lockdowns Led to a ‘Hidden Epidemic’ of Drug Overdoses 0
- Culture
- July 14, 2020
Bodies are arriving at Anahi Ortiz’s office faster than he can process them. “We’ve literally run out of wheeled carts to put them on,” Ortiz, a coroner in Columbus, Ohio, recently told The Washington Post. The cause of death isn’t the coronavirus, however. It’s drug overdoses. Ortiz says sometimes his office will get as many as
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What Greta Thunberg Forgets About Climate Change 0
- Politics
- July 13, 2020
In August 2018, Greta Thunberg first began skipping school to protest outside the Swedish parliament. Almost two years later, her fame is global; everybody knows her name, climate activist or climate change denier, politician, or janitor. The relentless rise to international fame for this teenager – becoming Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 2019
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The ‘Fun Police’ State 0
- Culture
- July 13, 2020
Once upon a time, America’s unofficial motto was: “It’s a free county.” Americans largely agreed that all could and should do what they wanted, assuming they weren’t hurting anyone else. You like vacations, someone else likes being a homebody. You like rock, he likes rap, and she likes country. If you wanted to smoke, ride
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Redskins Listen to the Money Talk 0
- Culture
- July 13, 2020
Well they finally did it. The Washington, D.C. based National Football League franchise will no longer sport the “Redskins” moniker as their mascot. Monday’s announcement came via a team press release (on Redskins’ branded letterhead), seemingly bringing an end to years of debate on the controversial mascot. On July 3rd, the team announced they would begin “a
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