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  • Lack of Assimilation Is Economically Harming Latino Immigrants and Society

    Lack of Assimilation Is Economically Harming Latino Immigrants and Society0

    Early in 2019, a firestorm of criticism descended upon veteran journalist Tom Brokaw because he said on NBC’s Meet the Press that Hispanics “should work harder at assimilation” and shouldn’t isolate themselves “in their communities.” NBC condemned his comments as “inaccurate and inappropriate,” media outlets ran articles and editorials calling them racist and factually wrong, and Brokaw apologized. Contrary to the blowback against Brokaw, scholarly sources

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  • Huge Baseball Contracts Come With Record Breaking Taxes

    Huge Baseball Contracts Come With Record Breaking Taxes0

    In the past week, several record-breaking contracts were signed by Major League Baseball players. Stephen Strasburg, the 2019 World Series MVP, was first, re-signing with the Washington Nationals on a seven-year, $245 million deal. That was a record for the largest contract ever for a pitcher, both in terms of total value and in annual average

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  • Christmas Predators, Parasites, or Magi?

    Christmas Predators, Parasites, or Magi?0

    A couple of years ago there was quite a kerfuffle about the holiday duet, “Baby, its Cold Outside.” This song, from 1944, features a dialogue which some people might describe as a man trying to talk a woman into staying longer at his place on a snowy night. The criticism said the song was really about a

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  • Boris Johnson and Brexit Win in a Landslide

    Boris Johnson and Brexit Win in a Landslide0

    In the United Kingdom’s general election, the Conservative Party has reclaimed a working majority by an even larger margin than most predictions and opinion polls expected, as reported by The Guardian. While pre-election polls consistently gave an edge to the Conservatives, or “Tories,” ever since the former Mayor of London Boris Johnson became Prime Minister, the official

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  • Three Harmful Ideas Weakening My Generation

    Three Harmful Ideas Weakening My Generation0

    It’s a tough time for Generation Z. Mental health problems, specifically mood disorders such as depression and anxiety, are skyrocketing. Gen Z is the least likely to report good or excellent mental health and the most likely to report poor or fair mental health. Suicide rates for U.S. teens and young adults are the highest

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  • There’s No Relief in Euthanasia

    There’s No Relief in Euthanasia0

    Dealing with the death of a loved one is hard at any time of year, but especially at the holidays. Having lost a couple of close relatives on and around Christmas, I know this full well. I can only imagine what it must be like to go through seasonal celebrations having just lost a loved

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  • The Never-Ending PC Assault

    The Never-Ending PC Assault0

    Forty years ago, 30 percent of believers belonged to mainline Protestant churches like the Methodists, Episcopalians, and liberal Presbyterians. Today mainline church attendance stands at about 10 percent of the nation’s total. Some suggest doctrinal weakness and liberalism as the reason for this decline. Just a few years ago, the Boy Scouts buckled under pressure,

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  • Keeping Impeachment Simple

    Keeping Impeachment Simple0

    Last night, the House Judiciary Committee (HJC) began debate on the two articles of impeachment unveiled earlier this week by HJC chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). Despite recent talk about cluttering the articles with Emoluments Clause and Mueller probe accusations, in the end the Democratic leadership decided none of those charges sparked joy. The articles set for markup today focus

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  • Five Infuriating Takeaways From the ‘Afghanistan Papers’

    Five Infuriating Takeaways From the ‘Afghanistan Papers’0

    After an extensive investigation and a three-year long Freedom of Information Act legal battle, The Washington Post released a trove of documents entitled the Afghanistan Papers Monday, and there’s a staggering amount of infuriating information contained therein. The trove comes from a project entitled “Lessons Learned” commissioned by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR.) As

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