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  • Advice to Young Women on how to Avoid Harassment Should Be Welcomed, Not Silenced

    Advice to Young Women on how to Avoid Harassment Should Be Welcomed, Not Silenced0

    Among the biggest questions lingering from the Harvey Weinstein scandal is how this secret—which apparently wasn’t much of a secret at all—could have been kept for so long. It’s especially amazing since keeping this silence involved a lot of talking: Lawyers were talking to and paying off women who had been abused to keep them

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  • Why Parents Should Take Up a Hobby with Their Kids

    Why Parents Should Take Up a Hobby with Their Kids0

    Ask almost any set of parents how life is and they’ll let out an exhausted sigh and sputter, “Busy!” Between sports, clubs, and media usage many families feel maxed out, exhausted, and pulled in multiple directions. So why do families persist in these activities? There are likely many reasons, but I would wager that the

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  • Why Americans Can No Longer Think For Themselves

    Why Americans Can No Longer Think For Themselves0

    American lingo continually seems to be filled with new words and catch phrases. One of the more recent ones is “fake news.” Fake news became a rising buzzword following the 2016 presidential election. According to the Journal of Economic Perspectives, blame for fake news is largely placed at the feet of social media, which enables

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  • The Special Ops Mission in Niger Was Routine and Common. Stop Politicizing It.

    The Special Ops Mission in Niger Was Routine and Common. Stop Politicizing It.0

    The loss of four special operations soldiers in Niger is a tragedy. We grieve as a nation, rightly, whenever we lose any of the brave young men and women who serve in uniform. That said, politicians and news media are turning the event into a farce. Having served as an Army Green Beret for 28 years,

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  • The Ethical Principle of ‘Epikeia’

    The Ethical Principle of ‘Epikeia’2

    It’s 2 a.m. and Claire has been stuck at a red light for five minutes. She knows that it’s against the law to run a red light. However, no other cars are in sight, and it seems ridiculous to wait for the light to turn green. Should she run the red light and continue her

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  • The ‘Look It Up’ Fallacy

    The ‘Look It Up’ Fallacy0

    Modern educators are no longer teaching much in the way of content knowledge. Their excuse why is that we no longer need to because we now have technology. We have Google, and so students can just look things up. In his recent book, Why Knowledge Matters, E. D. Hirsch, Jr. calls this the “Look it

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  • Is a ‘Nation Without Borders’ an Oxymoron?

    Is a ‘Nation Without Borders’ an Oxymoron?0

    Democrats have had a tough few years. Following the 2016 elections, as Vox has pointed out, Republicans achieved a political dominance not seen since the Civil War era. Not only did the GOP win the presidency while holding the House and Senate, it held total control in 24 states (compared to seven states for Democrats)

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  • 90% Out-of-Wedlock Birth Rate: Where are the fathers?

    90% Out-of-Wedlock Birth Rate: Where are the fathers?0

    Across the country innumerable men will quietly admit to each other that they feel they are the unwanted ones of society, particularly if they’re white. But to say it in public? That’s not going to happen. And so, the task falls to a few brave women like Christina Hoff Sommers, author of The War Against Boys

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  • 7 Steps to Success—for Life and Business—from Ancient Wisdom

    7 Steps to Success—for Life and Business—from Ancient Wisdom0

    In the last several years, various employers have been offering a key piece of advice to their fellow businesses: “Don’t hire a millennial.” Judging from comments, this fear of millennials stems from their lack of work ethic. But two highly successful businessmen are taking a different approach. Ted Malloch, CEO of Global Fiduciary Governance, and

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