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Fighting Loneliness During the Holidays 0
- Culture
- December 19, 2019
As I read through a recent Pew Research Center report detailing America’s dreary numbers regarding single-parent households, I came to a section on aging and living alone. Because I am doing both – collecting Social Security and living by myself in a place where I have few friends or family – I read this section with great
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Washington Post Concedes That Government Spending on Education Has Increased, Not Decreased 0
- Education
- December 18, 2019
“The biggest problem plaguing U.S. public schools [is] a lack of resources.” So claims Robert Pianta, dean of the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education, in an op-ed published last week in The Washington Post. In fact, Pianta asserts, government spending on K-12 education actually has declinedsince the 1980s. These claims are inaccurate, as federal government
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The Historic Impeachment Vote: The End of the Democratic Charade?0
- Politics
- December 18, 2019
Today, December 19, 2019, the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives will vote to approve Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump and agree to send them to the U.S. Senate. It will be only the third formal impeachment of a president in American history – the other two being that of President Andrew Johnson
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The Five Quotes From Trump’s Letter Most Likely to Make History 0
- History
- December 18, 2019
This is it, we’re coming up on the finale of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s and her fellow Democrats’ likely ill-fated attempt to see Donald Trump removed from office. I say ill-fated because even if the House does indeed pass the two articles of impeachment, it is highly unlikely that the Republican-controlled Senate will vote to convict
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Five Ways Chess Makes You a Better Law Student and Lawyer 0
- Education
- December 18, 2019
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‘The Far Side’ Is Returning… But Can the PC Crowd Handle It?1
- Culture
- December 18, 2019
Remember “The Far Side” cartoons? They were at their peak when I was in grade school, plastering calendars and t-shirts with an offbeat humor that left fans clutching their sides with laughter. Given their popularity, there was palpable disappointment when their creator, Gary Larson, put down his pen in 1995. But there’s good news. “The
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Why America’s Founders Didn’t Want a Democracy 0
- Education
- December 17, 2019
When I took history and government in school, many critical issues were misrepresented, given short shrift, or even ignored entirely. And those lacunae undermined my ability to adequately understand many things. Randall Holcombe’s new book, Liberty in Peril: Democracy and Power in American History, fills in some very substantial gaps, particularly with regard to American
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Impeachment Fatigue and the Way Out 0
- History
- December 17, 2019
It’s nearly Christmas, and the nation is bustling with related activities. The nation is also bustling over impeachment. Or rather, Congress is bustling over impeachment. It’s hard to tell how much those outside Congress really care about the matter. Perhaps that’s why opposition to impeachment appears to be increasing. Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki made the
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Are Human Rights Real?0
- Culture
- December 17, 2019
“Rights! Boy, everyone in this country’s always running around yammering about their [expletive] rights. ‘I have a right,’ ‘You have no right’… Folks, I hate to spoil your fun, but there’s no such thing as rights. Ok? They’re imaginary. We made them up,” comedian George Carlin said in a 2008 stand-up special. According to Carlin, who
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Fighting Loneliness During the Holidays 0