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Why First World Countries Have Third World Cities 0
- Culture
- July 28, 2017
As I avoided the potholes, ignored the sounds of guns, and walked past beggars throughout the streets of New Orleans, I could not help but be reminded of my travels in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. With their mass poverty and crumbling infrastructure, the two cities differ in one key area: Phnom Penh is in a developing
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The Confusing Logic of Gender Ideology: A Quiz 0
- Philosophy
- July 28, 2017
No one should accept the new transgender ideology unless he can answer the following 10 questions with answers that actually make sense: 1. If it is “impossible for a man to feel what a woman feels” (as men are often told), then how could a man ever “transition” to a woman because he “feels like
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Quiet Courage, Not Machismo, is What Makes ‘Dunkirk’ So Compelling 0
- Culture
- July 28, 2017
The story of Dunkirk is remarkable. Civilians sailed their fishing boats, pleasure yachts, and trawlers across the English Channel to France to attempt a rescue mission for 400,000 British and French soldiers encircled by Hitler’s Wehrmacht—the German army—in 1940. If those men were captured, England would have effectively been knocked out of the war. In
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Has Bias Against Women Been Exaggerated?0
- Culture
- July 28, 2017
Despite all their advances in recent years, it seems that popular culture would have us believe that women are still the victims of bias and discrimination. When it comes to the wage gap, they’re on the lower end of the pay scale, presumably because of discrimination. Their presence is rare in high-paying science and engineering
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African Americans Speak for Themselves: Most Want School Choice 0
- Education
- July 28, 2017
Private school choice is the work of racists. That message, it seems increasingly clear, is going to be a major weapon wielded by opponents of educational freedom for the foreseeable future. It is the explicit contention of a new Center for American Progress report, The Racist Origins of Private School Vouchers, and of Randi Weingarten, President
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Why is There So Much Bullying in Schools?0
- Culture
- July 27, 2017
Imagine if, at your workplace, you were constantly harassed, humiliated, and even physically attacked. You would probably dread going to work and call in sick often to avoid it. You may talk to your boss or someone in HR to see if the problem could be fixed. If it couldn’t, you would quit. You may
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Why is socialism being promoted by conservative Christian outlets?0
- Economics
- July 27, 2017
Socialism,” said Richard John Neuhaus, “is the religion people get when they lose their religion.” While that might have been true in Neuhaus’s day, many young Christians are now attempting to have their faith and socialism too. I never got the opportunity to meet Fr. Neuhaus. He died in January 2009, two months before I
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Trump’s Transgender Policy and Its Fashionable Enemies 0
- Culture
- July 27, 2017
The cultural revolutionaries are up in arms over President Trump’s new policy on the admittance of transgendered people in the military. Now the first thing to point out is that there are a lot of things that can result in the military not accepting you. They can reject you because you are too tall; because
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These 6 GOP Senators Voted to Repeal Obamacare in 2015—But Voted to Keep it in 2017 0
- Economics
- July 27, 2017
Six Senate Republicans who helped sink a ‘clean repeal’ of Obamacare this week had voted for a full repeal of the law in 2015. In 2015, eager to send a political message, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would have repealed most of Obamacare’s regulations and taxes. The legislation garnered 52 “aye” votes, but
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Why First World Countries Have Third World Cities 0