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Pedophilia & the Pope: Did He Cover It Up?0
- Culture
- August 28, 2018
It is no light matter to allege or outright accuse any man, let alone the Pope, of covering up pedophilia. What is before you is an account of the outbreak of the current sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and the events that have led to questions about what Pope Francis knew and when
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MLK’s ‘Dream’ Speech Is Coming True, His Niece Says 0
- Education
- August 28, 2018
Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece says her uncle’s vision in his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech is being brought to fruition today. “Are we living in a perfect society today? No, but the dream is being realized 55 years later,” pro-life activist Alveda King told The Daily Signal in an interview Monday ahead of
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Why Every Sane Society Encourages Marriage, Not Divorce 0
- Culture
- August 27, 2018
G. K. Chesterton’s defense of the family might have included a defense of divorce. Except that it didn’t. He might have made the case that marriage is such an important institution for society that government should make it somewhat easier for victims of such marital troubles as violence or abandonment or adultery or childlessness to
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Menopause Cafe: The Latest Trend in Workplace Equality 0
- Culture
- August 27, 2018
According to Dr Andrea Davies, of the University of Leicester’s School of Business, “male academics should say the word ‘menopause’ at least three times a day in solidarity with their female colleagues” to enable them to discuss it “without embarrassment”. To this end she has “organised the monthly Leicester Menopause Cafe, where male and female
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Keith Ellison Abuse Allegations: #BelieveAllWomen . . . When it’s Convenient.0
- Culture
- August 27, 2018
Minnesota recently watched a brief, but intense, shake-up in its primary race for attorney general, in which Democrat Congressman Keith Ellison quickly emerged as a front-runner. With a wildly successful political career and the distinction as the first Muslim elected to US Congress, Ellison’s front-runner status is no surprise. The surprise came, however, when Ellison’s
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Christopher Robin and the Value of Doing Nothing 0
- Culture
- August 27, 2018
“I remember one morning, all blue and silver, in the summer holidays when I reluctantly tore myself away from the task of doing nothing in particular.” —G.K. Chesterton, “A Piece of Chalk” Watching the new Disney movie Christopher Robin, I was amazed by its timeliness—and not just in the sense that it’s idyllic summer entertainment.
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7 Things I’d Do if I Wanted to Keep Poor People Poor 0
- Culture
- August 27, 2018
If I wanted to keep poor people poor, there are several government policies I would favor. Let’s count them down. 1: An Expanding Welfare State For starters, I would advocate for a robust and ever-expanding welfare state—programs like Medicaid, food stamps, unemployment insurance, etc. I would recognize that an effective recipe for keeping poor people
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Why the Sudden Frenzy Against Plastic Straws?0
- Culture
- August 24, 2018
If you took a nice summer vacation, you might have missed the latest frenzy in American political culture: the huge movement to ban plastic straws. It’s real. Several cities in California have passed “straw-on-request” laws. Companies such as Starbucks have promised to eliminate them in two years, though one wonders how paper is going to
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The Four Pillars of Good Writing 0
- Culture
- August 24, 2018
Which hard skill do recent college grads lack the most? In 2016, PayScale.com asked employers this question. The top response was “writing proficiency.” Wow. Our education system teaches few practical skills, but it does emphasize writing. So what gives? Incompetent teachers? Unteachable students? Actually, the problem for many college graduates is having absorbed their academic
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