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  • California Is Officially a Sanctuary State

    California Is Officially a Sanctuary State0

    A sweeping immigration law took effect Monday in California, officially making it the country’s largest sanctuary state. The controversial law, SB 54, passed the state Legislature in September and was signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown the following month. It prevents police in California, which has by far the nation’s largest illegal immigrant

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  • Big Brother in the Classroom

    Big Brother in the Classroom0

    Education is not a question of “rights” to be imposed by the state, but of the “freedom” of parents to choose the sort of education that they believe is best for their children… The late Joseph Sobran (1946-2010) was a journalist who thrived on controversy. He was the sort of writer who did not try

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  • Your New Year’s Resolutions Fail Because You’re Not Listening

    Your New Year’s Resolutions Fail Because You’re Not Listening0

    If you are like me, you’ve resolved to make changes in your life only to experience the frustration of sliding back into old habits.   Knowing you need to make a change, you’ve set your goal. On Day 1, all goes well. By Day 2, the pull of old habits is strong. By dint of

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  • Why Schools Should Reconsider Abandoning This One Simple Subject

    Why Schools Should Reconsider Abandoning This One Simple Subject0

    Over the weekend, I spent a good deal of time reading a fascinating book entitled “Lords of the Earth.” The book tells the true story of Stanley Albert Dale, an Australian who eventually went to the primitive mountain regions of Papau, Indonesia, to work with a number of stone age cannibal tribes known as the

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  • Our Narcissistic Age Could Use Some ‘Casablanca’ Values

    Our Narcissistic Age Could Use Some ‘Casablanca’ Values0

    Casablanca never could have been made today. The classic movie, which turned seventy-five this year, features themes that would never fly in today’s world: that personal happiness is not the most important goal; that feelings ought to be ignored at times; and that romantic love isn’t always worth pursuing. Talk about retro values. In case

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  • Appeals Court Rules Bakers Must Pay $135,000 for Not Making Wedding Cake

    Appeals Court Rules Bakers Must Pay $135,000 for Not Making Wedding Cake0

    A husband-and-wife baking team must pay a $135,000 fine for declining to make a cake for the wedding of two women, Oregon’s second-highest court has ruled. A three-judge panel of the Oregon Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a decision by a state agency that led to the fine and forced Aaron and Melissa Klein

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  • An Overlooked Cause of Rome’s Decline

    An Overlooked Cause of Rome’s Decline0

    There’s a general feeling out there that America is in decline. This feeling has been accompanied by numerous comparisons between modern America and what has become the famous prototype of all societal decline: Ancient Rome. When we hear about the causes of Rome’s decline, we’re usually treated to a list of human causes: moral vice,

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  • #MeTourism: The Hidden Costs of Selfie Tourism

    #MeTourism: The Hidden Costs of Selfie Tourism1

    Technology has changed the way we travel. Smartphones, travellers’ comments and photos, search engines and algorithms can all inspire and empower us to plan complex journeys all over the globe within minutes. Planning and booking tourism has always had an element of risk. One has to commit upfront – there is no sample to try

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  • ‘Man-Flu’: It’s real?

    ‘Man-Flu’: It’s real?0

    It’s day six of the man-flu: my head pounds, body aches, and some foul demon is still sucking the marrow from my bones, so heavy are my limbs. Surprisingly, my wife who is “100-months pregnant” and may be going into labor at any moment has been mostly doting, urging rest so that I can pull the

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