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Shots Fired: Some Thoughts on Guns and Gun Control 0
- Culture
- December 6, 2019
In 1961, when I was a 10-year-old living in Boonville, North Carolina, a town of 600 people, firearms were commonplace. Some of the townspeople hunted with rifles and shotguns, others kept handguns in their homes. High school kids drove to school with guns in their cars. That same year, there was one school shooting in
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It’s Time to Stop Hating on ‘Mary, Did You Know?’2
- Culture
- December 6, 2019
There are plenty of candidates for the worst Christmas song. “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” comes off as the humanitarian equivalent of an “Arms of the Angels” ASPCA ad; “Here Comes Santa Claus” seems to be proselytizing for some kind of strange, syncretistic Christmas religion; and “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” is enough to
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The Groypers Are Asking the Wrong Questions 0
- Culture
- December 5, 2019
At a recent Republican event at Ohio State University, Fox News star Charlie Kirk tried to recruit young voters for his party in the company of another Republican celebrity, Rob Smith, who is both black and homosexual. Kirk, in his presentation, tried to appeal to diversity as the new GOP standard, which the showcasing of
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Rose Wilder Lane: Pioneer of Educational Freedom 0
- Education
- December 5, 2019
My eight-year-old daughter Abby recently started reading Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It was prompted, in part, by watching the Little House on the Prairie television episodes with her great-aunt. Coincidentally, I have been reading more lately about some of the key women in history who promoted the ideals of
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More Evidence Emerges That Federal Government Is Funding Worthless College Degrees 0
- Economics
- December 5, 2019
Americans have long suspected that, for many, a college degree simply isn’t worth the price. American taxpayers – two-thirds of whom do not have a college degree – are likewise increasingly skeptical of the notion that they should pay off loans that someone else made the decision to take out. With recently published College Scorecard data, American students and
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Christmas After Communism: One Man’s Story 0
- Culture
- December 5, 2019
During the holiday season I usually come across at least one social media picture of families seeking to give back. This can be through serving a meal at a homeless shelter, volunteering at Feed My Starving Children, or even packing a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child. That last activity has become a longstanding tradition in
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American Soldiers Are Not Bodyguards for Saudi Royals 0
- International
- December 5, 2019
President Donald Trump believes in America First except when it comes to the Saudi royal family. Then it is Saudi Arabia first. At the end of November, U.S. military leaders were in Riyadh negotiating the employment terms for the royal’s new bodyguards. That is, the plan for an expanded American military presence in the Kingdom
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Woke Parenting Eats Its Own 0
- Culture
- December 4, 2019
On the first day of her senior year, Sky Bloomer left the house wearing “black leggings and a tight, spaghetti-strap crop top” and feeling “powerful.” Her parents tried to stop her. Her mother – who is quick to emphasize that Sky’s choices are fully her own and that she is proud of her daughter for “standing up
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Why We’re Staying Put: The Loss of American Mobility 0
- Culture
- December 4, 2019
The story of America is one of moving. A total of 13.6 percent of Americans today were born in another country, and most of us are descended from immigrants. This story of migration also includes moving within the country. Over the last 200 years, Americans have settled the frontier, moved away from cities toward suburbs
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Shots Fired: Some Thoughts on Guns and Gun Control 0