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Why This Immigration Psychodrama Will Also Pass 0
- Politics
- June 25, 2018
A month from now there will be a new manufactured news story that Donald Trump is savage, represents an existential danger, or is unhinged. We will hear of another Trump official cornered and driven out from a liberal-owned Beltway or New York City restaurant. An unhinged Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) will rant some more about
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Why ‘Permit Patty’ Called Police on an 8-Year-Old Girl Selling Water 0
- Culture
- June 25, 2018
On Saturday, July 23rd, Alison Ettel called police on a young girl selling water without a permit in Oakland, CA. The girl’s relative caught a video of Ettel, tweeted it out, and an Internet rage mob had identified her and her business within hours. Twitter quickly dubbed the then-unidentified woman in the video #PermitPatty. The
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Who’s Responsible for Separating Alien Children From Their Parents? (Hint: It’s Not Trump)0
- Culture
- June 25, 2018
Who truly is responsible for the 2,000 alien kids who, according to the Associated Press, recently have been separated from their detained illegal alien parents? There is a lot of blame to share. That includes President Bill Clinton and the alien parents themselves, as well as the courts and immigration policies foolishly created by the Obama
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On Free Speech, 40% of Americans Are Closer to the Chinese Government’s Interpretation than the Founders 0
- Culture
- June 25, 2018
Reason Magazine asked students at the University of Southern California to define “hate speech.” Among the students surveyed, Reason found plenty of wannabee dictators eager to offer their definitions of hate speech and ready to make it a crime. The lines students drew between what was or was not hate speech were arbitrary. The statement “Muslims shouldn’t be
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Hits the PC Guillotine 1
- Culture
- June 25, 2018
Growing up, I never got into stories with knights and fair maidens. Walking around in princess dresses while imagining I was trapped in a castle by a vicious dragon? Not interested. But give me a sunbonnet and braid my hair and I was lost in the world of Laura Ingalls. I still remember being in
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How Federal Education Guidelines from 2014 are Destroying Kids’ Lives 0
- Culture
- June 25, 2018
In 2015, Intellectual Takeout reported that many classrooms in Saint Paul Public Schools had devolved into physical violence. If a recent story in the Washington Times is any indication, those incidents may be part of a growing nation-wide epidemic. The children of Josh and Nicole Landers have had horrifying experiences in Baltimore County Public Schools. Their 9-year-old son was bullied so
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3 Reasons Why the Pets-Babies Comparison Just Doesn’t Work 0
- Culture
- June 25, 2018
“Happy Father’s Day to all dads of human and fur babies!” This was the first thing that appeared in my Facebook newsfeed last Sunday. Like many people, I have the bad habit of checking my social media accounts as soon as I wake up. When I saw this, I rolled over and buried my face
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10 (Huge) Societal Changes Since the First ‘Incredibles’ Movie in 2004 0
- Culture
- June 25, 2018
A friend of mine saw Incredibles 2 last weekend and remarked how strikingly different it was from the original. It got me thinking about how much has changed since The Incredibles first came out in 2004. Here’s a look at just how different culture, families, and technology were 14 years ago. 1. Blockbuster
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What’s Really Behind the Soaring Cost of Weddings 0
- Culture
- June 22, 2018
Talking with a friend the other day, she expressed frustration that she and her boyfriend weren’t engaged yet. Both have degrees, jobs and want to get married. When I suggested she and her beau take the leap, she shook her head. “Oh no,” she replied, “We don’t have the money right now, weddings are soooo
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Why This Immigration Psychodrama Will Also Pass 0