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  • Samurai Who Weren’t Japanese

    Samurai Who Weren’t Japanese0

    Many Americans owe their knowledge of Japanese samurai to filmmakers. Renowned for their discipline and courage, the samurai were the military nobility from the 12th century until the abolition of their class by Emperor Meiji in the 1870s. The armored, sword-wielding warriors figured prominently in James Clavell’s 1975 best-selling novel, Shōgun, and its adaptation into a blockbuster TV

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  • Dealing with Teens and Spouses: Some Guidelines Compliments of the Federal Government

    Dealing with Teens and Spouses: Some Guidelines Compliments of the Federal Government0

    By extracting some of the expressions buried in the blather employed by politicians and bureaucrats, America’s parents, husbands, and wives can find new and more effective ways to manage conversations with a teen or spouse. These gifts of gab should come as no surprise. After all, given the many failures of the federal government—the crisis

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  • The Lost Art of Pen and Paper

    The Lost Art of Pen and Paper2

    I remember the joyful, parental excitement I felt when we sent our oldest child off to kindergarten. I can recall his nervous agitation, not knowing what to expect, but also understanding that he was older now, and a big boy. At our first parent-teacher conference that year I noticed something that I had not thought much

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  • Laken Riley’s Life Is Too High a Price to Pay for an Open Border

    Laken Riley’s Life Is Too High a Price to Pay for an Open Border0

    Laken Hope Riley was just 22 years of age. Late last month, her body was found in the woods on the campus of the University of Georgia after she was reported missing after a morning run. Riley was a junior on the dean’s list at Augusta University and has been described as a “bright and dedicated

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  • Our Disturbing AI Future: Google Gemini Said <i>What</i> About Hitler?

    Our Disturbing AI Future: Google Gemini Said What About Hitler?2

    In the early years of its founding, Google adopted the motto “Don’t be evil” as its guiding moral principle and an expression of the company’s aim to provide users with “unbiased access to information,” as stated in its original code of conduct. In May 2018, that motto went missing. Around the same time, Google executives

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  • The End of the End of Ideology

    The End of the End of Ideology2

    In 1960, Harvard sociologist Daniel Bell published a book called The End of Ideology. It argued that it was time to put aside all our ridiculous arguments of the past – socialism, fascism, liberalism, anarchism, technocracy, etc. – and just recognize that elites like him have it all under control. They had already established the building blocks

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