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Rebels Without a Logical Clue0
- Culture
- June 3, 2020
During the weekend riots and protests in Minneapolis, I saw a news reporter stop a young protester on the street and ask him why he was protesting. “Stop, don’t shoot,” he said. The reporter, wanting something more than this, asked him again, trying to make clear that he was asking for the actual reason the
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Check Your Radical Privilege0
- Culture
- June 3, 2020
In the taxpayer-funded, cushy corridors of leftist academe, the radically chic proselytizers of hatred smugly define their concept of “White Privilege”: If you don’t need to care about a societal problem, it is because of your white privilege. (The shorthand for “White privilege” is simply “privilege,” because 1619.) By pouring this racist tenet of cultural
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The Dog Mom Movement Birthed Central Park Karen0
- Culture
- June 2, 2020
Between Coronavirus and the unrest beginning in Minneapolis, another news story briefly reared its head: the confrontation between dog owner Amy Cooper and bird watcher Christian Cooper (who are not related). On social media, the story is being called #CentralParkKaren because of the “Karen” meme that refers to bossy white women. Coverage of #CentralParkKaren has
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It’s Nearly Impossible to Fire a Police Officer0
- Culture
- June 2, 2020
What does it take to fire a cop? In comparison to several other high-profile cases in which a police officer has killed someone on video, things have moved remarkably fast in the George Floyd case. The other four officers involved in his arrest were fired from the Minneapolis Police Department the following day. By comparison,
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Fauci’s Flip Flops0
- Politics
- June 2, 2020
Science is almost never “settled.” Science is a collection of hypotheses and theories that are challenged repeatedly to determine whether they can withstand re-examination with new tools, techniques and methodologies. Over the course of history, hypotheses and theories have been abandoned when the results or conclusions were later found to be based on falsified data,
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Black Power’s Role in the 2020 Riots0
- Culture
- June 2, 2020
For those in the rest of the country and around the world who are dealing with the riots, looting, and burning which broke out following George Floyd’s tragic death, I have good news: Things are beginning to quiet down in the Minneapolis/St. Paul epicenter. Protests remain, but thankfully the unrestrained chaos is dissipating. Unfortunately, we’re
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A History of Presidents Using Military to Restore Order0
- History
- June 2, 2020
The National Guard has stepped in to quell the violence in Minneapolis in the wake of riots that occurred over the death of George Floyd. The National Guard has arrived on the scene. They are in Minneapolis and fully prepared. George Floyd will not have died in vain. Respect his memory!!! — Donald J. Trump
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Why Socialists Love the Phrase ‘It’s Not Real Socialism’0
- Economics
- June 1, 2020
The main reason that the socialists have had the staying power that has, luckily, eluded the Nazis is the argument that these self-acclaimed socialist regimes were “not real socialism.” One influential intellectual responsible for popularizing this argument is philosopher Noam Chomsky, who postulates that socialist regimes, the USSR specifically, merely pretended to be socialist to
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These Riots Are Nothing Like the Boston Tea Party0
- Culture
- June 1, 2020
Amid the aftermath of George Floyd’s tragic death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, a lot of misinformation has been spread concerning the riots and their place in history. One particular item I’ve noted is a comparison of the present protesters and looters with the men who engaged in what later became known as the Boston
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