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  • Smart Ways to Make College Cheaper and Better

    Smart Ways to Make College Cheaper and Better0

    Distinguished professor emeritus of economics at Ohio University Richard Vedder’s new book “Restoring the Promise,” published by the Independent Institute based in Oakland, California, is about the crisis in higher education. He summarizes the three major problems faced by America’s colleges and universities. First, our universities “are vastly too expensive, often costing twice as much

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  • Most Millennials Say They’ll Be Millionaires Someday. Is Their Optimism Misplaced?

    Most Millennials Say They’ll Be Millionaires Someday. Is Their Optimism Misplaced?0

    Millennials are revolutionizing the economy, introducing new ways of doing business into the market, which is helping the unemployed and underemployed pay their bills. But despite their contribution, millennials are also drowning in debt — failing to pay off their student and auto loans. Despite this reality, if you ask millennials today whether they’ll ever

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  • City Fines Elderly Man $30,000 Over Uncut Grass, Tries to Steal His Home

    City Fines Elderly Man $30,000 Over Uncut Grass, Tries to Steal His Home0

    A Florida town attracted national attention last week for its efforts to fine a 69-year-old retiree nearly $30,000 and then foreclose on his home because he was unable to pay — all because he failed to cut his grass. The Tampa Bay Times reports that the city of Dunedin claims its Code Enforcement Board, which

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  • Where Are the Good Christian Men?

    Where Are the Good Christian Men?1

    Today in Sydney I met Anna Hitchings, who is handling media for me on this week-long trip to Australia. She’s a Catholic journalist who caused a big stir here last week with this article wanting to know where in the heck are the Christian men worth dating? Excerpts: We are living in a unique time in history.

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  • Two Ways of Dying

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    Editor’s note: The world recently lost philosopher and humanitarian Jean Vanier. Among Vanier’s many accomplishments is the founding of L’Arche, an organization and community which fostered the dignity and personhood of disabled individuals through personal relationships with “non-disabled peers.” One of the individuals involved in L’Arche was Jim Skerl, the man featured in the piece

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  • Internet Hate-Speech Rules Harm Mainstream, Normal Speakers

    Internet Hate-Speech Rules Harm Mainstream, Normal Speakers0

    • May 15, 2019

    Democrats in Congress have been pressuring social media companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google to crack down on hate speech. This may sound harmless, but it isn’t. “Hate speech” is a misleading phrase, and it’s no longer just about hate. Even things like expert medical opinions about transsexualism and gender identity have been labeled as

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  • In Demonizing Our Opponents, We Only Demonize Ourselves

    In Demonizing Our Opponents, We Only Demonize Ourselves0

    A long-time friend, John, has a wonderful knack for talking to strangers. Like anyone over fifty, he has taken his share of life’s blows and has the dents in his armor to prove it. Unlike some who grow old, however, John has retained a genuine curiosity about people. Recently, we were driving through town when

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  • How the ‘Spiritual but Not Religious’ Are Driving Society’s Civic Decline

    How the ‘Spiritual but Not Religious’ Are Driving Society’s Civic Decline1

    Polling in the U.S. reveals an all-time high of those who identify as religious “nones,” individuals who claim no allegiance to any faith. Many of the “nones” are part of a growing group of Americans who declare they are “spiritual but not religious.” And many in this group fall into the millennial age group or younger

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  • When Americans Go to the Polls, They Look to the Past — Not the Future

    When Americans Go to the Polls, They Look to the Past — Not the Future0

    There’s one question that almost every American voter asks him- or herself when casting their vote for president. Has the incumbent’s – or the incumbent party’s – past performance in office been sufficient to merit another term? Unlike voters in many other industrialized countries, Americans tend to vote from this “retrospective” perspective. Studies show that

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