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  • The Simple Joys of Keeping a Cow

    The Simple Joys of Keeping a Cow9

    “Three acres and a cow” became a slogan for those who promoted small landholdings in 1880s England. It was thought to represent an ideal setup for the average family. As it happens, I’ve somehow ended up with exactly that: three acres and a cow—specifically, a Jersey-Fleckvie mix gifted to us by my wife’s dairy-farming family.

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  • As an Asian American, I Say DEI Must Go

    As an Asian American, I Say DEI Must Go4

    As someone who was involuntarily used as a poster child for Asian American and Pacific Islander month by my university, yet listened to some classmates rant that Asian Americans “would be nowhere without black people,” take it from me: Diversity, equity, and inclusion offices make racism worse, not better. Nobody should wonder whether circling their

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  • Friday Comic: Crisis0

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  • Has the Media Been Covering Up President Biden’s Cognitive Decline?

    Has the Media Been Covering Up President Biden’s Cognitive Decline?0

    For the last 17 months of his two-term presidency, following a severe stroke, President Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) was barely functional. Behind the scenes, Wilson’s wife Edith stepped in to effectively serve as de facto commander-in-chief. She even earned herself the title “Secret President” and “first woman to run the government,” according to her official White

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  • Is It Time to Stop Being Ironic?

    Is It Time to Stop Being Ironic?2

    Amid ongoing political tension and the ubiquity of social media platforms, has sincerity has been overtaken by irony and cynicism? No matter where you turn—film, social media, or news outlets—everything seems to have taken on a tone of cynical irony. What was once an attitude used by mid-20th-century postmodernists to critique culture has now become a

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  • Karl Marx’s Obsession With the Devil

    Karl Marx’s Obsession With the Devil6

    It’s well known that Communism killed 100 million people — but few are aware of the obsession Communism’s founder Karl Marx had with the Devil. Karl Marx (1818–1883) is the economist and social theorist whose enduring footprint on the world is the political system known as Communism. Born in Germany but spending most of his

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