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  • The Way of the Sixgun: An American Martial Art

    The Way of the Sixgun: An American Martial Art0

    With culture around us apparently in decline, it’s worth celebrating uniquely American traditions, especially growing ones. And few activities could be more American than the marksmanship sport of Old West-style shooting. The increasingly popular shooting matches of the National Congress of Old West Shooters and the Single Action Shooting Society are perhaps more than a

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  • Public School Spending: More Isn’t Necessarily Better

    Public School Spending: More Isn’t Necessarily Better0

    • June 5, 2019

    Public school per-pupil spending has increased for the fifth consecutive year, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The county’s top-five spenders for 2017 are New York ($23,091), the District of Columbia ($21,974), Connecticut ($19,322), New Jersey ($18,920) and Vermont ($18,290). California comes in at number 21, spending $12,143 per pupil (see Summary

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  • Is Meryl Streep Right in Saying That Women Can Be Pretty Toxic?

    Is Meryl Streep Right in Saying That Women Can Be Pretty Toxic?0

    Meryl Streep, highly acclaimed actress and outspoken progressive, said in a public interview recently: “We hurt our boys by calling something toxic masculinity… because women can be pretty [expletive] toxic.”   “It’s toxic people,” Streep went on to say, “We’re all on the boat together. We’ve got to make it work.”   The 69-year-old actress

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  • 100 Reasons to Homeschool Your Kids

    100 Reasons to Homeschool Your Kids1

    This is my 100th article at FEE.org, so here are 100 reasons to homeschool your kids! Homeschoolers perform well academically. Your kids may be happier. Issues like ADHD might disappear or become less problematic. It doesn’t matter if they fidget. YOU may be happier! All that time spent on your kids’ homework can now be

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  • Why Gun Ownership Rates Tell Us Little About Homicide Trends in America

    Why Gun Ownership Rates Tell Us Little About Homicide Trends in America0

    Every time a homicide committed with a firearm makes the national news, it happens like clockwork: a variety of pundits in the corporate media quickly pen columns advocating for ever broader and stricter gun control laws. If only government agents were entrusted with a strict monopoly (or near-monopoly) on firearm ownership — we are told

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  • Why Fewer and Fewer Americans are Getting Divorced

    Why Fewer and Fewer Americans are Getting Divorced0

    Fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced, with the rates falling 18 percent between 2008 and 2016. Among American adults, there is support for divorce when couples do not get along. Women, people from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and adults who have experienced divorce personally or among friends and family are especially likely to be

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  • What Melania’s Hat Can Teach Us About First Impressions

    What Melania’s Hat Can Teach Us About First Impressions0

    I caught my first glimpse of Melania’s outfit soon after she and President Trump arrived at Buckingham Palace, kicking off their 2019 state visit. “Did you see the footage of Trump and Melania visiting Buckingham Palace?!” ran my text to a friend. “I love Melania’s hat!” Checking it out for herself, my friend sent back,

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  • The Bedford Boys: A Time for Remembrance and Gratitude

    The Bedford Boys: A Time for Remembrance and Gratitude0

    Thursday, June 6th, 2019, brings the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the massive assault on occupied France by Allied Forces in World War II. It was the greatest seaborne invasion in military history. President Trump has gone to Britain to share in the remembrance of D-Day. Speakers in Great Britain, the United States, and France will remind

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  • How the Chinese Are Erasing the Tiananmen Square Massacre From History

    How the Chinese Are Erasing the Tiananmen Square Massacre From History0

    One free man will say with truth what he thinks and feels amongst thousands of men who by their acts and words attest exactly the opposite. It would seem that he who sincerely expressed his thought must remain alone, whereas it generally happens that every one else, or the majority at least, have been thinking

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