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Illinois Lawmakers Advance Bill That Would Ban Tackle Football for Youth Under Age 12 0
- Culture
- March 8, 2018
A bill banning tackle football for children under the age of 12 has passed out of committee, and is now set to be called for a vote in the Illinois House of Representatives. House Bill 4341, which would create the CTE Prevention Act, passed out of the House Mental Health Committee on an 11-9 vote March 1. State
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How Do We Understand Sexual Pleasure in This Age of ‘Consent’?0
- Culture
- March 8, 2018
Societies tell us a lot about themselves by how they struggle over sex. Different places and generations have distinct sexual battlegrounds. From anti-miscegenation laws to criminal prohibitions of same-sex intimacy and sex work, these contests address with whom we can have sex, when, and under what conditions. At present, debates about the kind of sex
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Chilling Sommers: Another Blow to Discourse 0
- Culture
- March 8, 2018
Among contemporary public intellectuals, Christina Hoff Sommers is among the most attacked by our illiberal Left. In the latest episode, student groups at Lewis and Clark Law School this week protested Sommers’ Federalist Society talk. Prior to her talk, these groups released a joint statement titled “Refuse Fascism in All Its Forms,” voicing concern over
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‘Be Yourself’ Is Not a Governing Philosophy 0
- Culture
- March 8, 2018
‘Be yourself’ is a catchy Audioslave song. It’s also one of the most ubiquitous clichés in modern society. Like so many clichés, many of us have probably told someone “just be you” or “be yourself” without actually thinking what the words mean. The truth is, “be yourself” can have different meanings and applications. In some ways,
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What Roger Bannister Taught Us About Human Achievement 1
- Culture
- March 7, 2018
When I was a young boy, one of my most cherished books was One Hundred Greatest Sports Heroes. The pages were filled with heroes’ accomplishments. Often, having overcome great adversity, these sports heroes exhibited great resiliency. Today, I wonder what other mindset traits contributed to their success? Roger Bannister, the first man to run a
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Want Boys to Become Men? Teach Them the Classical Virtues 0
- Culture
- March 7, 2018
There’s a growing realization that men are not as privileged as was once thought and may actually be getting the bad end of the bargain in society. Not only do they often bear the fallout from high-profile acts of violence or sexual aggression, but they are also finding it increasingly difficult to keep pace with
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Shootings Are a Morality Problem, Not a Gun Problem 0
- Politics
- March 7, 2018
Before we discuss violence with guns, I’d like to run a couple of questions by you. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every day nearly 30 Americans die in motor vehicle crashes that involve drunk driving. What kind of restrictions should be placed on automobile ownership? Should there be federal background checks
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Lionel Shriver: PC Police are Infiltrating the Literary World 0
- Culture
- March 7, 2018
We’ve learned a lot about political correctness in recent years, primarily – let’s be honest – about what it prevents us from doing. Some of those preventions include an inability to wear hoop earrings, win sporting events, have father-daughter dances, or even single out potential terrorists. While we shake our fists and roll our eyes
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How Marcus Aurelius Influenced Adam Smith (No, Really)0
- Economics
- March 7, 2018
Who Was Marcus Aurelius? Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was the last of the five good emperors of Rome. He was born in 121 AD, reluctantly became emperor in 161 AD, and reigned for 19 years until his death in 180 AD. His reign was punctuated by numerous wars during which he repelled Rome’s enemies in
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Illinois Lawmakers Advance Bill That Would Ban Tackle Football for Youth Under Age 12 0