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  • Prosecutors Treat El Paso Shooting as Domestic Terrorism

    Prosecutors Treat El Paso Shooting as Domestic Terrorism0

    Federal prosecutors are treating the shooting in El Paso, Texas, which left 20 dead Saturday, as an act of domestic terrorism and possible hate crime that could carry the death penalty. “We’re also treating it as a domestic terrorism case, and we’re going to do what we do to terrorists in this country, which is

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  • Why I Chose a Liberal Arts Major

    Why I Chose a Liberal Arts Major0

    This August, I leave for my freshman year at a school called Thomas Aquinas College. I’m pretty excited about my choice. It’s in California, it’s gorgeous… and you probably haven’t heard of it. I would love to talk to people about it, if it weren’t for one thing: Thomas Aquinas College has only one major

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  • What’s Killing Office Romances?

    What’s Killing Office Romances?0

    The last pieces of career-related advice I thought I’d ever hear were “wear your lowest top to your next board meeting” and “linger too long by your colleague’s desk.” However, this is precisely the advice that Ella Whelan gave last week on sp!ked. To be fair, Whelan did not say that this advice would advance

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  • What is a 21st Century Family?

    What is a 21st Century Family?0

    What is a family? Not so long ago it would have been uncontroversial to reply, “A husband and wife and their children.” This conjugal family could be diminished by the death of a member, splintered by divorce, expanded by the co-residence of other relations (a grandmother, for example), an adopted child, or other persons; but

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  • Illegal Migrants on Way to US Border Down 39 Percent, Mexico Says

    Illegal Migrants on Way to US Border Down 39 Percent, Mexico Says0

    The Mexican government says the number of U.S.-bound illegal migrants traveling through its country has decreased by 39 percent since May, a result of its bolstered enforcement efforts. Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s foreign relations secretary, said Tuesday that the number of mostly Central American migrants traveling through the country to reach the U.S. dropped from 144,278 in

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  • Baltimore’s Homicide Rate Is Ten Times Larger Than the U.S. Rate

    Baltimore’s Homicide Rate Is Ten Times Larger Than the U.S. Rate0

    Donald Trump in recent days has repeatedly attacked the city of Baltimore for its very low quality of life, denouncing it as “rodent-infested” and noting it has a very, very high homicide rate. It’s difficult to find reliable stats on Baltimore’s rodent population per capita, but we can consult the FBI crime data on Baltimore’s

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  • The ’30 Days of Gas Station Food’ Experiment Holds an Important Nutritional Lesson for Americans

    The ’30 Days of Gas Station Food’ Experiment Holds an Important Nutritional Lesson for Americans0

    For most of human history, the primary concern of most people was getting enough food to eat. The invention of capitalism finally enabled the majority of people in market-based societies to focus on higher pursuits. Ironically, capitalism is now widely blamed for causing obesity—because of the availability of fast food, “food deserts,” or simply because

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  • Sugar Babies and Epstein’s Teenagers: What Must We Think?

    Sugar Babies and Epstein’s Teenagers: What Must We Think?0

    • August 1, 2019

    I’m confused.   You see, I thought the definition of a prostitute was a male or female who accepted money for sexual favors. My online dictionary offers a more chauvinistic definition: “a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.”   I’m not sure why that definition singles out women, but

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  • Roadschooling: The Latest Education Frontier?

    Roadschooling: The Latest Education Frontier?0

    Christine Lindstrom and her family have been a part of the roadschooling movement for the last three years. This relatively recent phenomenon has much in common with traditional homeschooling. The place of education, however, just happens to be on wheels. When asked why she didn’t think the public school system was the right option for

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