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  • When the State Kicks Down Your Door and Takes Your Child Over a Fever

    When the State Kicks Down Your Door and Takes Your Child Over a Fever0

    In February, Arizona police officers broke down the door of a private home with their guns drawn. They weren’t there to rescue a hostage. They were serving a court order against parents who declined to take their child to the hospital for a fever, and they left with three children now claimed by the state.

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  • The Long March: Are Its Days Numbered?

    The Long March: Are Its Days Numbered?0

    A golden jubilee is by definition the celebration of a fiftieth anniversary. Fifty years have passed since a watershed year in our history: 1969. Yet many of us, I suspect, will find little gold or jubilee in this anniversary. Yes, 1969 was the year America put a man on the moon. That feat deserves a

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  • The Banality of the Modern Hipster

    The Banality of the Modern Hipster0

    A young man caught my eye recently when he walked into a trendy café in Austin. It wasn’t his curling mustache but the fact that he was walking barefoot. This struck me as an odd choice given that it was overcast and drizzly outside. But I restrained my staid judgmental Britishness—this is America, after all,

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  • Six Factors That Produce Academically Strong Kids

    Six Factors That Produce Academically Strong Kids0

    As the decline in education standards in Australia continues, new research conducted by the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) offers a solution. The study, headed by research fellow Blaise Joseph, examined 18 schools in disadvantaged areas around the country that boast consistent records of above-average academic performance. The study found six common factors across these school that

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  • Doctor: Facts on Biological Sex Differences Are Being Ignored

    Doctor: Facts on Biological Sex Differences Are Being Ignored0

    Leonard Sax is a family medical doctor who has often demonstrated his commitment to common sense approaches to life. This is particularly clear in his comments on modern child-rearing. As he once bluntly noted, today’s children are “immersed in a culture of disrespect.” But Sax has been carrying his common sense approach to life into

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  • The Virtues of Boredom in an Anxious Age

    The Virtues of Boredom in an Anxious Age0

    Today’s parents are fixated on setting their children on strategic paths to “success”— cramming their days with lessons, sports, clubs, camps, and so on. The goal: to enrich their kids’ lives with new knowledge and experiences. Or, more commonly, “to keep them busy.” We do the same for ourselves, of course, stocking our calendars with

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  • The Best Way to Teach History to Children

    The Best Way to Teach History to Children0

    When an old person dies, a library burns to the ground.                                 – Variation on an African proverb In the mid-1990s, Mrs. Irene Harrison (1890-1999) from Akron, Ohio stayed in my bed-and-breakfast in Western North Carolina. On her last visit,

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  • Jussie Smollett’s Hoax: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    Jussie Smollett’s Hoax: Wrong Place, Wrong Time0

    Writing on the recent decision to drop charges against Jussie Smollett, the New York Times observed that for Smollett, “The outcome couldn’t have been better.” It’s no surprise that Chicago’s mayor and police chief are both furious. And while he got off ridiculously easily, there is perhaps one thing that could have gone even better

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  • Democrats Refuse to Vote for Green New Deal They Endorsed

    Democrats Refuse to Vote for Green New Deal They Endorsed0

    The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected Democrats’ so-called Green New Deal, touted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as a way of combating climate change. The vote was 57-0 against proceeding to debate, with 42 Democrats and one independent opting for “present.” Among other things, the Green New Deal would require significant changes in the energy,

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