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  • McCarthy: Not the Moral Leper We Thought?

    McCarthy: Not the Moral Leper We Thought?0

    Last week our guest on a Roku TV interview show that I co-manage was Diana West, a longtime Washington Times editor and the author of a provocative book “The Death of the Grownup.” Our interview turned quickly in what, for my cohost, was an unexpected direction with Diana’s bold defense of “Blacklisted by History,” M. Stanton Evans’

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  • Can Royalty and Victimhood Co-Exist?

    Can Royalty and Victimhood Co-Exist?0

    It seems like everyone wants to be a victim these days. Terms like “microaggression” and “safe space” came out of nowhere a few years ago and quickly entered common parlance. But how can you be a victim when you are part of the institution that – for the past 1,000 years – has represented the

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  • Woke Math Aims to Teach Seattle Kids That ‘Western’ Math Is Racist

    Woke Math Aims to Teach Seattle Kids That ‘Western’ Math Is Racist0

    The culture war is coming for you, whether you like it or not. It’s no secret that American history is under attack. The ethos of leftist historian Howard Zinn has made inroads into classrooms across the country, as I explain in my book “The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past.” But, lest

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  • Why Mike Pence Shouldn’t Shut Up About China

    Why Mike Pence Shouldn’t Shut Up About China0

    Two words. Ball handling. Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley had a point when he pointed out that LeBron James is getting older and needs to learn who to pass to. Barkley’s critique of LeBron’s play should extend to his own politics. Agreeing with LeBron’s criticism of the NBA stance toward China, Barkley said: ‘Vice President Pence

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  • Should Parents Be Paid?

    Should Parents Be Paid?0

    There is increased discussion of how hard it is becoming to simply raise children. With the world’s fertility rate converging towards just 1.7 children per woman, something is not right – especially because studies show that women would like to have more children but say that they are incapable of doing so for one reason or another. Is it

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  • Not All Candy Is Candy… for Tax Purposes Anyways

    Not All Candy Is Candy… for Tax Purposes Anyways0

    Halloween shoppers have many delicious decisions to make before trick-or-treaters show up at their doors. And in many states, those choices will change how much tax they pay. In Illinois, for example, locals pay a higher state sales tax rate – 6.25 percent versus one percent – on Reese’s, gummi worms and Hershey’s milk chocolate bars

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  • Homer Simpson, the Unlikely Moral Exemplar

    Homer Simpson, the Unlikely Moral Exemplar0

    Homer Simpson is far from a good person. Among his many defects are alcoholism, sleeping on the job, a general disregard for the law, a gambling problem, and child abuse in the regular strangling of Bart. Yet in spite of his many moral shortcomings, there is one way in which the Simpson family patriarch has

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  • American Neverland: An Epidemic of Infantilism

    American Neverland: An Epidemic of Infantilism0

    In 2015, Canadian singer Ruth B. released a song “Lost Boy” to widespread acclaim. The stanza below is repeated twice in the song: I am a lost boy from Neverland Usually hanging out with Peter Pan And when we’re bored we play in the woods Always on the run from Captain Hook ‘Run, run, lost

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  • When a Court Forces Your Boy to Become a Girl

    When a Court Forces Your Boy to Become a Girl0

    The latest case to have every rational person in a state of horror is that of a Texas dad who has been forced by court order to allow his seven-year-old son to undergo a medical gender transition at the hands of the child’s mother. It’s a massive judicial overreach that destroys the bond between parent

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