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California’s War on Citizenship0
- Politics
- October 21, 2019
California – a one-party state dominated by progressives – has become the model for where progressivism will go when completely unchecked. Now, even the basic concept of citizenship is under full-blown assault as the state has moved on from being a “sanctuary state” for illegal immigrants to outright insisting that noncitizens have the same access to the levers of power
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State Capitalism is a Lie: China is Thriving Because of the Private Sector0
- Economics
- October 18, 2019
A working paper from the World Economic Forum released earlier this year stated: China’s private sector — which has been revving up since the global financial crisis — is now serving as the main driver of China’s economic growth. The combination of numbers 60/70/80/90 are frequently used to describe the private sector’s contribution to the
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Has Science Discovered a Cure for Obesity?0
- Culture
- October 18, 2019
Life expectancy is falling in America, and the obesity epidemic is one of the causes. We’ve all heard alarming stories and seen the evidence. An astonishing “two-thirds of adults,” and “nearly 30% of children are overweight or obese.” Obesity-related illness is costing America “$190.2 billion or nearly 21% of annual medical spending in the United States.” Adult-onset diabetes is
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Climate Change Fears of Teen Activist Are Empirically Baseless0
- Politics
- October 18, 2019
At a recent United Nations summit, 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg claimed that the Earth is on the brink of destruction and that older generations are betraying younger ones by not doing enough to stop climate change. The media has amplified these allegations by giving her speech broad, glowing coverage, but the fears she expressed are not grounded in reality.
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Chicago Unions Fight for Their Survival0
- Culture
- October 18, 2019
Classes in Chicago’s public schools were canceled starting Oct. 17 as more than 25,000 teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district went on strike in what they’re calling a fight for “justice and equity” for their students. The strike, the city’s first in seven years, marks what has been a tumultuous year for labor negotiations
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Academic Nonsense and Biases Have a Long History0
- Education
- October 18, 2019
The United States had a population of 1.5 million postsecondary faculty members in the fall of 2016. This ivory tower army produces volumes of written material so lofty that it’s rarely read by anyone. The content that is read can be hard for every day Americans to take seriously, for with 10.4 registered Democrats for every registered Republican, the political bias is strong
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Public Schools: Tearing Human Minds to Pieces?0
- Culture
- October 17, 2019
Recently CNN and the Human Rights Campaign partnered to present an hours long forum with the Democratic presidential candidates on LGBT issues and the proposed Equality Bill. Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and the rest all endorsed the bill, which would, among other things, repress biblical teaching and remove tax-exempt status from churches holding traditional beliefs regarding
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Psychoanalyst: Forget Political Correctness, Kids Need Both Parents6
- Culture
- October 17, 2019
When I was a young college student, trying to feel my way through classes and take assignments seriously, I dutifully weighed in on an online discussion board with a few thoughts on the disadvantages children raised in single parent homes face. Big mistake. I was lambasted with emotional responses, the essence of which can be
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Down With the Clapback0
- Culture
- October 17, 2019
At a recent CNN town hall, Senator Elizabeth Warren was asked by the chairman of a gay rights group what she would do if she were approached by a supporter who said marriage should be between one man and one woman. Warren responded: “I’m going to assume it’s a guy who said that. And I’m
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