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  • Trump, Greta, and the Faint Heartbeat of American Humor

    Trump, Greta, and the Faint Heartbeat of American Humor0

    This week Greta Thunberg went to Washington. Like the legendary Mr. Smith who went to the capital city before her, Greta was the talk of the town – not only for her youth and uniqueness, but for the guffaws her U.S. debut ignited. Unlike Mr. Smith, whose optimism was the object of ridicule, Greta’s pessimism stole

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  • Impeachment: Pelosi’s Biggest Mistake Ever

    Impeachment: Pelosi’s Biggest Mistake Ever0

    September 24, 2019, will be remembered as an historic day. But not for the reasons House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) believes. It may just be the day when the Democratic Party guaranteed the reelection of President Donald Trump and a second term for the Make America Great Again agenda. Before we go on, let’s just

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  • Expensive and Dangerous: Our Epidemic of Prescription Meds

    Expensive and Dangerous: Our Epidemic of Prescription Meds0

    Pop. Pop. Pop. That’s a common occurrence in households throughout America. I’m not talking about gunfire or Orville Redenbacher’s corn. I’m talking about popping pills.  Most of us are aware of the opioid crisis. As the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported in January 2019, more than 130 Americans die every day from “the misuse of

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  • Early Starts in School Lead to Higher Rates of ADHD Diagnoses

    Early Starts in School Lead to Higher Rates of ADHD Diagnoses0

    Parents want the best for their children, particularly when it comes to education. While many parents may feel the cultural push toward earlier schooling, some are questioning these evolving norms and delaying school enrollment or forgoing conventional schooling altogether. Intellectual Disabilities and Depression Previous findings by Harvard researchers showed increased ADHD diagnosis rates for children

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  • What Terrorists and Minneapolis Street Gangs Have in Common

    What Terrorists and Minneapolis Street Gangs Have in Common0

    The 2019 movie Hotel Mumbai tells the gripping tale of the Islamic terror attacks in Mumbai during November 2008. The ten youthful terrorists were from the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba. They murdered 164 people. The alleged mastermind, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, was never tried. In the movie, he is known as Brother Bull, a disembodied voice heard over cell phones giving instructions

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  • The Constitution of the Killing Fields

    The Constitution of the Killing Fields0

    The contents of a nation’s constitution, its most supreme law, ought to be composed with care and precision and implemented with scrupulous fidelity. Otherwise, there’s not much point in having one. Imagine a board game (like “Scrabble,” “Monopoly,” or “chess”) that came with these instructions: If there were an award for Worst Constitution of All

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  • Six Key Points From Trump’s Call to Ukraine’s President

    Six Key Points From Trump’s Call to Ukraine’s President0

    A transcript of the July 25 phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows the two leaders did talk during their brief conversation about an investigation involving Joe Biden and his son. Neither man, however, mentioned military aid to Ukraine that might hang in the balance.  The White House released the

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  • Hong Kong Protests Highlight Failings of UK-China Agreement 35 Years In

    Hong Kong Protests Highlight Failings of UK-China Agreement 35 Years In0

    September 26 marks the 35th anniversary of the draft agreement of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. This agreement allowed China to regain control of Hong Kong following 150 years of British rule. Signed in 1984, the treaty saw mainland China make several promises regarding the status of Hong Kong. These promises were to be kept until at

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  • Gender-Neutral Dolls: Toying with Kids’ Sexuality

    Gender-Neutral Dolls: Toying with Kids’ Sexuality0

    Toy maker Mattel has launched a new range of gender neutral dolls on the market, and Telegraph writer Celia Walden has had an early preview. She tells us that she was prepared to “mask [her] horror at a creation that would surely only be a an extension of the warped gender narrative currently confusing young

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