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Can Adam Smith Reach Gen Z?1
There’s a common assumption among the older generations that today’s college students are more swayed by socialism than ever before. There’s fear that this generation may be lost to the alluring temptations of “free” government programs and centrally planned economies. As a college professor over the past seven years, I have not found this to be the case. Make no mistake, the heralds of
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Do We Live in a Two-Tiered Justice System?3
“Violent activists [in 2020] tore down dozens of statues including Columbus, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington. None were held accountable or charged with a hate crime,” popular X account Libs of TikTok recounted last week. “Michael Cassidy knocks over a Satan statue made out of household items and gets charged with a hate crime,” the
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Disney’s Death Grip, Mickey Mouse, and Public Domain2
- Entertainment
- February 7, 2024
Mickey Mouse might be the most valuable fictional character ever created. He’s in countless shorts, features, shows, and comics, and he is the face of one of the world’s biggest entertainment empires: Disney. The company and the mouse are effectively synonymous, with the fictional rodent serving as an instantly recognizable symbol across the world. Thus,
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No, Environmentalists, Having Children Is Not Immoral—We Need Children Now More Than Ever1
In a recent television interview, environmental activist Donnachadh McCarthy informed the public that having more than two kids is selfish. McCarthy states in the interview that humanity has destroyed 70 percent of “nature” in one generation, presumably due to our so-called carbon footprint, although he doesn’t explain exactly how this has occurred. “There’s a moral
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The Housing Crisis Explained—With Mini Fridges3
- Economics
- February 7, 2024
In a household of four guys, fridge space is what you might call prime real estate. I know this because I happen to live in one such household. For months we tried sharing the one fridge in the house. It was not pleasant. We had to have regular negotiations about how to allocate the limited
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‘Freud’s Last Session’: Discovering Truth with C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud5
- Entertainment
- February 6, 2024
“From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.” So goes the final line of Freud’s Last Session (2023), a real-life quote from famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, played in the new film starring Anthony Hopkins opposite Matthew Goode’s portrayal of Christian apologist C.S. Lewis. Freud, a committed atheist, is presented in a fictitious scenario, inviting
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When the State Turns Against Parents3
A 14-year-old Montana girl has been taken from her family by the state’s child protective services after deciding to identify as a boy and will soon be sent to Canada, according to the family. The harrowing story of Todd and Krista Kolstad’s custody battle for their troubled teen—who is Todd’s biological daughter and Krista’s step-daughter—was
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‘Micro’ K-12 Schools Offer Big Solutions for Students0
- Education
- February 6, 2024
New research estimates that some students’ grades will never catch back up after falling during the pandemic. Recently, some in the mainstream media worried that the federal taxpayer money that lawmakers sent to K-12 schools during COVID-19 may not be enough to help schools turn things around. But public schools—also known as “assigned” schools—had money before the pandemic, and
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The Ongoing ‘Mainstream Media Bloodbath’ Is a Win for Truth2
- Culture
- February 5, 2024
For weeks, news headlines across the country have told dismal tales of layoffs, cutbacks, strikes, and selloffs at some of America’s biggest media brands. The crisis became so dire that Axios called it a “mainstream media bloodbath,” reporting that “nearly a dozen mainstream media companies are gutting staff and scrambling to rescue their struggling businesses.”
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