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  • How Orwell Became the Prophet Who Foresaw Our Future

    How Orwell Became the Prophet Who Foresaw Our Future0

    There is something ghostly and ghastly about the resurrection of British author George Orwell in contemporary politics, especially in the reaction to the disruption and transformation of public policy now taking place. Orwell was a mid-20th century journalist, essayist and novelist who was an early anti-fascist of the far left until the Spanish civil war

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  • DeVos Takes Aim at Obama-Era College Sexual Assault Guidelines

    DeVos Takes Aim at Obama-Era College Sexual Assault Guidelines0

    In a major speech today, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos indicated that the Education Department may withdraw some of the regulatory “dark matter” discussed by CEI’s Wayne Crews, such as its April 4, 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter micromanaging college discipline. Crews’ 2016 congressional testimony described how agencies violate the Administrative Procedure Act by issuing “dark matter”—binding rules that have not gone through the notice

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  • Being Offended is Part of Living in a Democracy, Comedian Says

    Being Offended is Part of Living in a Democracy, Comedian Says0

    The phrases “I’m offended” and “that’s offensive” are ones we hear fairly often today. Why? I’m not sure to be perfectly honest, and I’m probably ill-suited to answer the question, since there are very few things that offend me. One theory, posited by scholar Christina Hoff Sommers, suggests that in our culture today victimhood “confers

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  • Why Prince William and Princess Kate’s Baby Announcement was so Stunning

    Why Prince William and Princess Kate’s Baby Announcement was so Stunning0

    The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, known less formally as Prince William and Princess Kate, announced over Labor Day weekend that they are expecting their third child. Congratulations are in order, and not merely for the customary reasons. The royal couple is clearly doing its fair share to address Europe’s looming population nightmare, which in

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  • Were Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma Caused By Climate Change?

    Were Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma Caused By Climate Change?0

    Hurricanes are tropical storms that can cause extensive destruction and loss of life. The devastation of recent storms, especially Hurricane Harvey, has predictably renewed the global focus on climate change. Multiple media outlets have attempted to tie recent hurricanes to climate change and—to a lesser extent—the role of human activity in climate change. Climate activists

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  • Trump’s Historic Opportunity with the Federal Reserve

    Trump’s Historic Opportunity with the Federal Reserve0

    Today Stanley Fischer submitted his letter of resignation from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, effective next month, the second such resignation of Donald Trump’s presidency. While Fischer’s term as Vice Chairman of the Fed was set to end next year, he had the ability to serve as a governor through 2020. Along with Trump’s

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  • Solitary Confinement is Quite Common In Public Schools

    Solitary Confinement is Quite Common In Public Schools0

    If parents were to lock their children in a confined space for a lengthy period of time, it is highly likely that those parents would be arrested for child abuse and their parental rights threatened. (In fact, this just happened in Arizona recently.) If public schools do this, however, the outcome is quite different. The

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  • Socialism is Not ‘Public Roads’ and ‘911 Service’

    Socialism is Not ‘Public Roads’ and ‘911 Service’1

    Evidence suggests that socialism is becoming more popular in the United States. Yet there is reason to believe this is at least partly because Americans are pretty much clueless as to what socialism is. It’s been shown time and again that many people who say they love socialism cannot accurately describe its basic tenets if

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  • Religion is Not Going Away

    Religion is Not Going Away0

    • September 7, 2017

    In 1966, just over 50 years ago, the distinguished Canadian-born anthropologist Anthony Wallace confidently predicted the global demise of religion at the hands of an advancing science: ‘belief in supernatural powers is doomed to die out, all over the world, as a result of the increasing adequacy and diffusion of scientific knowledge’. Wallace’s vision was

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