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  • How Junk Studies Are Used to Show Racism

    How Junk Studies Are Used to Show Racism0

    On March 23, 1989, a room full of reporters and scientists was buzzing in anticipation of an announcement of a breakthrough that, if it panned out, would propel humanity into a new era of unlimited pollution-free energy. The University of Utah’s vice president for research introduced two scientists, Dr. Stan Pons, and Dr. Martin Fleishman. The scientists

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  • Good Guys: Celebrating Men and Honoring Manhood

    Good Guys: Celebrating Men and Honoring Manhood0

    Men increasingly have a tough road stretching out ahead of them. No longer does it seem that strong and virtuous manhood is celebrated and honored. Instead, it is often condemned and shamed. What better way to buck the trend and grab a book full of adventure and entertainment, a story to whisk us away from

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  • Blacks Do Not Suffer Disproportionately From Police Brutality

    Blacks Do Not Suffer Disproportionately From Police Brutality0

    A recent New York Times article by Jeremy W. Peters claims it is a “fact” “that black people suffer disproportionately from police brutality.” He also asserts that President Trump’s rejection of this accusation is “racially inflammatory” and “racially divisive.” To the contrary, comprehensive facts show that this allegation against police is false. Furthermore, this deception has stoked racial

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  • Tweets of Washington Journalists Betray ‘Groupthink,’ Study Finds

    Tweets of Washington Journalists Betray ‘Groupthink,’ Study Finds0

    Washington journalists’ tweets and interactions on Twitter show that those delivering news on government and politics to most Americans live in “more insular microbubbles than previously thought,” according to a new study. These journalists display a “vulnerability to groupthink and blind spots,” the study says. The study, by journalism professors Nikki Usher and Yee Man Margaret

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  • Reparations: Truly Helpful or a Quest for Power?

    Reparations: Truly Helpful or a Quest for Power?0

    In 2000, Rolling Stone Magazine called Asheville, North Carolina, “America’s new freak capital.”  Today that reputation remains solidly intact. Asheville is the East Coast version of Portland, Oregon, a solidly Blue City where many of the residents are young, pierced, and tattooed, where tourists snap photos of dancers at the Friday Night Drum Circle like

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  • Reopening Schools: What Betsy DeVos Gets Wrong and Homeschoolers Get Right

    Reopening Schools: What Betsy DeVos Gets Wrong and Homeschoolers Get Right0

    While the pandemic itself is generating much uncertainty, the battle over back-to-school is causing downright whiplash.  Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that schools work to reopen for in-person learning this fall. The physician group stated that it “strongly advocates that all policy considerations for the coming school year should start with

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  • Innocuous Names Shield Groups From Criticism

    Innocuous Names Shield Groups From Criticism0

    During a recent conversation, a friend of mine hit upon something which, while instinctively knowing it, I had never heard verbalized. To paraphrase his observation, “All the progressive groups intentionally pick a name you can’t argue against without being labeled a bad person.” In essence, a basic pre-requisite for a successful progressive organization seems to

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  • Finding COVID-19’s True Fatality Rate

    Finding COVID-19’s True Fatality Rate0

    Early reports from January painted a grim picture about just how deadly the coronavirus was. Initially, the World Health Organization estimated that the percentage of infected individuals who die from COVID-19 was 3.4 percent. That statistic is called the infection fatality rate (IFR) – or colloquially, the death rate – and means that for every

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  • The Shirking Pandemic: How Politicians Pass the Buck

    The Shirking Pandemic: How Politicians Pass the Buck0

    An elderly couple in my home state of North Carolina, married for over fifty years, has been forcibly separated by their nursing home for three months. The husband, now despondent, says he doesn’t want to live anymore if he can’t be with his bride. When pressed about this inhumane policy by a North Carolina legislator

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