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  • The Dark History of Swedish Socialism

    The Dark History of Swedish Socialism0

    Everyone knows that socialism is newly fashionable as an idea and system. With that has come a certain level of whitewashing of the real history. I’m not just speaking of the totalitarian variety with its poverty, inflation, starvation, and mass death. It’s especially true of the kinder, gentler versions, which turn out to be not

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  • Thankful for the Flying Nuns

    Thankful for the Flying Nuns0

    My father-in-law recently told a story from one of his frequent work trips. He was in an airport, waiting as we all do, to be processed through the TSA’s security regime. The uniqueness of his wait in line comes from the company he happened upon: a group of nuns. It’s a rather different experience to

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  • Six Key Moments From the First Day of Public Impeachment Hearings

    Six Key Moments From the First Day of Public Impeachment Hearings0

    Who’s in charge of the Trump administration’s policy on Ukraine and the president’s focus on the business dealings there of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son were main topics of two veteran foreign service officers’ testimony Wednesday before the House committee pursuing impeachment. Offering sworn testimony as lead-off witnesses in House Democrats’ first public hearings on

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  • How Americans Select Their Dictators

    How Americans Select Their Dictators0

    When it comes to selecting a candidate for president, how do you choose? The answer seems like a no-brainer to some: simply choose the person whose ideology most closely aligns with your own. But if a recent article from The Wall Street Journal is any indication, that’s not the way many Americans operate. Instead, they

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  • Europe Has Proven Hate Speech Laws Don’t Work

    Europe Has Proven Hate Speech Laws Don’t Work0

    Periodically, we Americans scratch our chins and ponder the desirability of our exceptionally broad speech protections. In recent months, opinion pieces in both the The New York Times and The Washington Post have suggested that it is time to “rethink” the First Amendment. Both argue that the rise of social media should prompt a reevaluation of our approach to

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  • Why Your Favorite YouTuber Probably Hasn’t Been #Canceled

    Why Your Favorite YouTuber Probably Hasn’t Been #Canceled0

    YouTube stars Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson have joined forces to release a makeup line called the Conspiracy Collection. In a mere 30 minutes, the duo sold one million palettes of eyeshadow. The demand was so huge, it crashed Shopify for several hours. Star and Dawson seem to be riding high, which is especially remarkable

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