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  • Are Elite Charter Schools Excluding Minorities?

    Are Elite Charter Schools Excluding Minorities?0

    Earlier this week, NBC News ran an article entitled “It’s like a black and white thing: How some elite charter schools exclude minorities.” The article focuses on Lake Oconee Academy (LOA), a charter school in Greensboro, Georgia. It makes the case that the school has intentionally excluded minority students while favoring wealthy, white families. The nation’s first charter

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  • The Dream and the Nightmare of Globalization

    The Dream and the Nightmare of Globalization0

    After World War II, only the United States possessed the capital, the military, freedom, and the international good will to arrest the spread of global Stalinism. To save the fragile postwar West, America was soon willing to rebuild and rearm war-torn former democracies. Over seven decades, it intervened in proxy wars against Soviet and Chinese

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  • Research Suggests Media Efforts to Portray Suicide as a Passive Act Could Increase Suicide

    Research Suggests Media Efforts to Portray Suicide as a Passive Act Could Increase Suicide0

    In less than a week in early June, the world lost two cultural luminaries to suicide. Designer Kate Spade, whose name and creations embodied feminine power and panache, died on June 5. Four days later, American chef Anthony Bourdain, whose empathic stories transcended food to connect humanity, killed himself. Spade and Bourdain’s premature deaths sparked

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  • Pew: 3 in 4 Americans Have Trouble Discerning Between Fact and Opinion

    Pew: 3 in 4 Americans Have Trouble Discerning Between Fact and Opinion0

    A few years ago, the ACT released a study showing that K-12 teachers and college instructors believe discerning between fact and opinion is one of the most important things students can learn. Unfortunately, less than 20 percent of first-year college students are able to tell the difference between these two items. As it turns out,

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  • Mises’ Observations on the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    Mises’ Observations on the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire0

    Observations on the Causes of the Decline of Ancient Civilization Knowledge of the effects of government interference with market prices makes us comprehend the economic causes of a momentous historical event, the decline of ancient civilization. It may be left undecided whether or not it is correct to call the economic organization of the Roman

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  • Is Loneliness Fueling the Rise of Political Polarization in the U.S.?

    Is Loneliness Fueling the Rise of Political Polarization in the U.S.?0

    While browsing through a recently discovered bookstore, I stumbled across a book titled, Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right by Ken Stern. Finding the title intriguing, I opened the book and began reading about his experience breaking out of the political “bubble” and experiencing life on

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  • FDA Nears Approval of Ecstasy Drug for Treating PTSD

    FDA Nears Approval of Ecstasy Drug for Treating PTSD0

    Last August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began testing MDMA (ecstasy) for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. The FDA also granted MDMA breakthrough therapy status to expedite the approval process by making it easier for drugmakers to begin clinical trials. Recently, MDMA passed phase 2 of the FDA’s four-phase drug-approval process. Although phase 3 requires

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  • What’s in a Name? Mom and Dad’s Political Preferences, Apparently.

    What’s in a Name? Mom and Dad’s Political Preferences, Apparently.0

    Over the years, I’ve discovered that having the name Patience makes for an excellent conversation starter, as I frequently receive questions such as, “What’s the story behind your name?” or “Why did your parents pick that name?” and the one that never ceases to amaze me, “You probably really hate your name, don’t you?” Recently,

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  • The Diversity Division at the University of Texas Has 8 Vice Presidents

    The Diversity Division at the University of Texas Has 8 Vice Presidents0

    American Enterprise Institute scholar Mark Perry recently wrote about the impressive size of the University of Michigan’s diversity staff, which is nearly one hundred full-time employees. We noted that more than a quarter of these “diversicrats” earn annual salaries north of $100,000. The revelation generated a bit of a stir on Twitter. Not to be

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