Blog 3 Columns

Jane Austen Forever!0
- Culture
- December 5, 2018
I’ve been reading Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice to my ten-year-old daughter. I admit it was immediately motivated by my desire to watch with her the BBC mini-series, which the book was clearly written in order for them to produce one day. There’s a rule here that they have to do the book before they do the
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Chicago’s New PlayStation Tax Shows How Greedy Politicians Can Be 0
- Culture
- December 5, 2018
“If it moves, tax it.” That’s government’s eternal motto, as Ronald Reagan quipped. To this, the city government of Chicago has added, “If it amuses, tax it.” A few weeks ago, PlayStation 4 users in Chicago were shocked when they turned on their consoles and saw a message from Sony. The message informed users that
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3 Weird Things That Are ‘Triggering’ People This Holiday Season 0
- Culture
- December 5, 2018
The commercialism of Christmas is obvious and, sadly, inevitable. With the grand kickoff that is the ever-ironic Black Friday shop-a-thon, commercial Christmas has a roaring start, a solid middle (built on holiday guilt and anxiety), and an equally grand finish (built on last-minute panic and close-of-holiday depression). Now, the other evil lens of Christmas
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Seasteading: The Path Out of Disunity and Bloodshed?0
- Politics
- December 4, 2018
Why do the nations rage? I don’t know. Maybe because they’re out of ammo culturally. Recent news reports tell us that elderly pundit Dr. Jerome Corsi is facing prison time for getting tripped up in a perjury trap by grand inquisitor Robert Mueller. Corsi’s actions, whatever the specifics, did not produce a victim.
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Michigan Lawmakers Urge Fast-Food Chains to Stop Offering ‘Gender-Classified’ Toys 0
- Culture
- December 4, 2018
More than a dozen Michigan lawmakers support a resolution in the state’s House of Representatives pressuring fast-food chains like McDonald’s to eliminate “gender-classified” toys from their children’s meals. State Rep. Leslie Love, D-Detroit, who introduced House Resolution No. 49 on Wednesday, told The Daily Signal in a phone interview that the purpose of her resolution is to
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Michelle Obama Lets the Truth Slip About Feminism and Motherhood 0
- Culture
- December 4, 2018
In case you missed it, Michelle Obama uttered a surprising statement over the weekend. It was all over the news, but unfortunately, not for the reason it should have been. Most commentators covered Obama’s statement because the former first lady let a choice and vulgar term slip into her vocabulary. Had it not been for
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How the $15 Minimum Wage is Pushing New York’s Car Washers to the Margins 0
- Economics
- December 4, 2018
As protests for a $15-per-hour minimum wage continue to rage across the country, cities like Seattle and Minneapolis and states like California and New York have begun to adopt such schemes, leading to a range of unfortunate case studies in economic destruction. Despite the popular narrative that such laws will benefit the most vulnerable and put the powerful in check, the negative consequences have tended to
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BREXIT and A Very Special US-UK Relationship 0
- December 4, 2018
On June 23, 2016 the British people, in a sovereign state called the United Kingdom (consisting of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), voted in a national referendum to decide whether they should remain in the European Union (EU). They voted to LEAVE. What should Americans care? President Trump does. He just said, “The withdrawal
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Why Democratic Socialists Could Never Produce the Instant Pot 0
- Economics
- December 3, 2018
Like millions of Americans, newly elected New York democratic socialist congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loves the Instant Pot multicooker. She has been having Instagram Live conversations about politics while she cooks with her Instant Pot. In November, Ocasio-Cortez asked her 1.2 million Twitter followers to post their favorite Instant Pot recipes. Perhaps she should ask her Twitter followers to explain
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Jane Austen Forever!0