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  • The Myth That Climate Change Created Harvey, Irma

    The Myth That Climate Change Created Harvey, Irma0

    Flooding in homes and businesses across Houston was still on the rise when Politico ran a provocative article, titled “Harvey Is What Climate Change Looks Like.” Politico was not alone, as another news outlet called the one-two punch of Harvey and Irma the potential “new normal.” Brad Johnson, executive director of the advocacy group Climate

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  • Is it Time for Conservatives to Create an Alternate Culture?

    Is it Time for Conservatives to Create an Alternate Culture?0

    The culture leans sharply left, and in our current, highly-polarized political climate that means conservatives in the arts tend to be treated as outsiders at best and pariahs at worst. Listen to the personal experiences of conservatives in Hollywood, for example, whether “above the line” (the stars, producers and directors) or below it (the rest

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  • The Power of Making Friends with Ideological Enemies

    The Power of Making Friends with Ideological Enemies0

    “How can people hate me, when they don’t even know me?” This is the question that drives the subject of a fantastic new documentary on Netflix called “Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race, and America,” directed by Matt Ornstein. For the past 30 years, soul musician Daryl Davis has been traveling the country in search of

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  • Real Progressives Study the Classics

    Real Progressives Study the Classics0

    Classical education has a marketing problem. Across the nation, schools that use a classical curriculum—one that emphasizes traditional methods of teaching the basics and a knowledge of ancient literature—are producing remarkably well-educated students. (For an example of a classical curriculum, check out this school near the Intellectual Takeout offices.)   Yet, at the same time,

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  • Living in Tension as a Libertarian Christian

    Living in Tension as a Libertarian Christian0

    A “libertarian Christian” might seem like an oxymoron to some Christians. For Albert Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, you cannot be both a faithful Christian and a libertarian. For him, libertarianism is defined only by exaltation of the ego, freedom from all moral restraints, and secular humanism—ideals that are hardly in line

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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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