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Covid-19: Just the Facts 0
- Economics
- March 19, 2020
Given the spread of misinformation about Covid-19, Just Facts is providing a trove of rigorously documented facts about this disease and its impacts. These include some crucial facts that have been absent or misreported in much of the media’s coverage of this issue. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasizes that “this is an emerging, rapidly evolving
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The Revival of Socialism 0
- Culture
- March 18, 2020
I am fiercely proud of the fact that I was raised in an anti-communist household in central Kansas in the 1970s and 1980s. Whatever faults my family had (and they were many), my mother made sure that I knew that socialism and fascism were flip sides of the same coin, that Hitler and Stalin had
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The Last Great Pandemic 0
- History
- March 18, 2020
Hardly anything that happens in this world is truly unprecedented. As Americans respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which began in China, with canceled events, business closures, and aggressive social distancing, many are taking an interest in another great pandemic that took place a hundred years ago. “We have an invisible enemy. We have a problem that a
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How Hope Can Keep You Healthier and Happier 0
- Religion
- March 18, 2020
Hope can erode when we perceive threats to our way of life, and these days, plenty are out there. As we age, we may struggle with a tragic loss or chronic disease. As we watch the news, we see our political system polarized, hopelessly locked in chaos. The coronavirus spreads wider daily; U.S. markets signaled
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Alena Pettitt: Defender of the Home and Tradition 0
- Culture
- March 18, 2020
Enough of coronavirus. Enough of Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump. Enough of the headlines, at least for today. Let’s jet off to England – while travel is still permitted there – and meet a bold woman: Alena Pettitt. An article by Channaly Philipp of The Epoch Times introduced me to Pettitt, “a voice for traditional housewives.”
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A Few Activities to Survive Social Distancing 0
- Culture
- March 18, 2020
You’ve been through this kind of thing before. Pouring rain or driving snowstorms drive all the kids inside, and you really aren’t in the mood to go anywhere else. Thus arises the problem of keeping the kids entertained while still maintaining your own sanity and keeping the peace. Usually though, such a scenario only lasts
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The Myth That the President and the Fed Direct the Stock Market 0
- Economics
- March 17, 2020
If you own stocks, you’re probably searching for explanations about the sudden bear market. The answers you find likely start with an event: what the Fed does, what President Trump does, or what the coronavirus does. For example, last week, news stories conflated a speech by President Trump with the market decline: “The president’s prime
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Pandemic Through the Eyes of a Globalist 0
- Culture
- March 17, 2020
Nearly 50 years ago, philosopher Thomas Nagel published a now-classic thought experiment on the nature of consciousness. “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?” is an attempt to do what is ultimately impossible: to see the world through the eyes of another sentient being. Whether Nagel succeeded is anyone’s guess. (The bat lobby has
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Government COVID-19 Tests Were Awful, Now Private Labs Are Saving the Day 0
- Economics
- March 17, 2020
The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus a global pandemic. As of Friday afternoon, there are 132,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19 worldwide, and the global death toll has topped 5,000 people. The fast-spreading virus claimed 196 lives in Italy, on Tuesday alone. At this time, 90 percent of all cases are in four countries:
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