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  • Understanding Why Some Female Teachers Have Sex With Students

    Understanding Why Some Female Teachers Have Sex With Students1

    More than 100 women were convicted of sexual offences in the UK in 2015. The figures, obtained via a freedom of information request, show the number of convictions almost trebled in a decade. Among those convicted were a number of school staff, including teachers, a head teacher and a teaching assistant. The attractive female teacher

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  • Professor: ‘Education is Grossly Overrated’

    Professor: ‘Education is Grossly Overrated’0

    If you grew up as a normal child, you probably uttered the following words at some point: “But Mom! Why do I have to go to school today? I don’t learn anything anyway!” If you’ve been on the receiving end of this complaint, you’ve probably channeled your own mother, protesting vehemently and declaring that the

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  • FBI Agents Privately Said Russia Probe Would Be a Wild Goose Chase

    FBI Agents Privately Said Russia Probe Would Be a Wild Goose Chase0

    Two FBI officials at the heart of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe exchanged text messages expressing doubt about collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Russian government. FBI Agent Peter Strzok was removed from Mueller’s team last summer when it was discovered he sent numerous anti-Trump texts to his alleged lover, Lisa Page, an

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  • Capitalism’s Biggest Enemies Are Capitalists

    Capitalism’s Biggest Enemies Are Capitalists0

    For most of human history, mankind’s standard of living remained perilously close to a bare subsistence level. Then, a few hundred years ago, capitalism brought with it the Industrial Revolution that has generated unprecedented economic progress. Capitalism is by far the most effective anti-poverty program in the world’s history. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, economic

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  • Why Using the Turpin Family’s House of Horrors to Attack Homeschooling is Dishonest (and Unwise)

    Why Using the Turpin Family’s House of Horrors to Attack Homeschooling is Dishonest (and Unwise)0

    Horrific crimes and violent acts tug at our collective heart strings. When other humans are harmed, we rightfully feel empathy and anger. We should use these moments as opportunities for reflection and conversation, but we should be careful to not make policy based on emotion. Some are using the egregious case of alleged child abuse

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  • The 10 Indicators of a True Gentleman

    The 10 Indicators of a True Gentleman0

    Whether one likes it or not, it seems that women’s fears, abilities, and interactions with men have been a prominent subject in the days since President Trump was sworn into office. One of the biggest ways this female focus has intensified is through the #MeToo movement, which proliferated after the ouster of Hollywood producer Harvey

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  • Patients Are ‘Dying in Corridors’ of Britain’s Single-Payer Health System

    Patients Are ‘Dying in Corridors’ of Britain’s Single-Payer Health System0

    “Patients dying in hospital corridors.” So went the headline which appeared on the BBCs website last week, detailing the newest outrages which have emerged from Britain’s crisis-beset healthcare system. This most recent revelation came as a result of an open letter sent to the Prime Minister by 68 senior doctors, offering details of the inhuman conditions which have

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  • More Than a Million Low-Skilled Workers Just Got a Raise

    More Than a Million Low-Skilled Workers Just Got a Raise0

    Congress recently passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which temporarily lowers individual income taxes and permanently cuts corporate income taxes. This move has been celebrated by the business community with more than 125 companies announcing raises or bonuses for their employees. But no good deed goes unpunished. Critics have decried the tax cuts as

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  • Jordan B. Peterson Is the Furthest Thing from the Alt-Right

    Jordan B. Peterson Is the Furthest Thing from the Alt-Right0

    Psychologist and scholar Jordan B. Peterson recently had another surge in media attention after his blockbuster interview with TV journalist Cathy Newman on Britain’s Channel 4. It was actually more of an interrogation than an interview, but by most accounts, Peterson handled it with aplomb. His ideological critics have reacted defensively by, among other tactics,

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