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Coronavirus Has Liberated Students From College Shackles 0
- Education
- May 5, 2020
Each year, nearly three million high school seniors graduate and then go straight on to college. I suspect many of them are just as clueless as I was when I graduated high school. Most just go to college because that is what they have been told to do. This coronavirus has turned all that on
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The Strange Case of the Male Mother 0
- Culture
- May 4, 2020
Freddy McConnell, a “trans man” who became pregnant and gave birth, but legally became a man when the child was born, has been pursuing a legal challenge against the General Register Office as the administrator of the registration of births and deaths in England and Wales. This week he lost at the Court of Appeal
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Let’s Go Backwards in Education 0
- Culture
- May 4, 2020
Maybe part of the “New Normal” should be the “Old Normal.” In the last two weeks, lost among the coronavirus ruckus, some organizations have issued reports revealing the poor scores of our elementary and middle school students on standardized tests. From the Pioneer Institute comes a study showing the failures of Common Core in basic subjects like
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Frank Herbert Was Right: Fear Is the Mind-Killer 0
- Culture
- May 4, 2020
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. Frank Herbert, noted writer of science fiction, was being scientifically factual when he included this line in his novel Dune. Fear is, in fact, the mind-killer. Don’t get me wrong, fear serves a purpose. There are times when fear
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Forget School. Just Read.0
- Culture
- May 4, 2020
The truth is coming to light. Yesterday I overheard a public school teacher and mother of several children express an honest opinion about education during the coronavirus. Schoolwork varies by teacher and school district, she noted, with some doing almost nothing at all, while others send out huge packets of worksheets. About the latter she
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Don’t Release Prison Inmates Due to COVID-19 0
- Culture
- May 4, 2020
Criminals are being released from jail due to the coronavirus pandemic, especially in progressive states. But states should think twice about letting criminals out, because it won’t save lives. Instead, it will spread the disease far and wide, and increase the crime rate, including murders and rapes. Supporters of releasing criminals say it will protect them from catching
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Why Are Blacks Democrats?0
- Culture
- May 1, 2020
The fate of Karen Whitsett, a black Democratic representative to the Michigan House of Representatives, who was censured by her fellow black Democrats from Detroit, for developing good relations with President Trump, speaks volumes. It tells us, if any further proof were required, how deeply American blacks hate the Republican Party and any black person
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WHO Declares Sweden’s COVID Response a Model for the World 0
- Culture
- May 1, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) this week praised Sweden as a potential “model” for battling the COVID-19 virus sweeping nations around the world. Sweden, unlike most other nations, has avoided the hardline approach to the novel coronavirus pandemic that has resulted in mass economic shutdowns and vast unemployment. Bars, restaurants, libraries, public pools, and most
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Trump Loses Sanctuary City Fight With Chicago 2
- Breaking News
- May 1, 2020
The Trump administration cannot withhold grant money from cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, an appeals court ruled Thursday. President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold public safety grants from jurisdictions that don’t cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, otherwise known as “sanctuary cities,” violates the Constitution’s separation of powers provisions, the 7th U.S. Circuit
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