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  • Virtual Schooling is Surging

    Virtual Schooling is Surging0

    I haven’t been a student in a typical classroom since the turn of the millennium. Back then, technology was just beginning its march into all aspects of modern life, including education. Earlier this year, I took a fully online course and was pleasantly surprised, not only by its intellectual rigor but also by the virtual

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  • Pet-Sitting Kids May Now Get Slapped with Fine

    Pet-Sitting Kids May Now Get Slapped with Fine0

    I got my first job offer around age nine. It was for the illustrious position of “cat-sitter” and lasted for a handful of days while my neighbors were on vacation. The venture was successful, and for the next several years I poked my head through their hydrangea bushes and slipped in the back door countless

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  • Monopoly was Created to Portray the Evils of Capitalism

    Monopoly was Created to Portray the Evils of Capitalism0

    ‘Buy land – they aren’t making it any more,’ quipped Mark Twain. It’s a maxim that would certainly serve you well in a game of Monopoly, the bestselling board game that has taught generations of children to buy up property, stack it with hotels, and charge fellow players sky-high rents for the privilege of accidentally

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  • How to Lose Every Argument

    How to Lose Every Argument0

    Usually, I’m hesitant to lay ultimatums down saying that one tactic or another will never, ever work. That makes a lot of assumptions that I’m not qualified to make, However, I would say that with certain goals, being uncivil harms, not helps, the cause. This is true for any cause. But it is especially true

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  • 5-Year-Old Fined $200 … for Selling Lemonade

    5-Year-Old Fined $200 … for Selling Lemonade0

    On summer evenings when I drive home from work, I often see small children selling lemonade in my neighborhood. Most of the time I honk my horn and wave, but occasionally I’ll pull up and purchase a cup, usually for 25 cents. I happen to like lemonade, but that’s usually not my primary motivation for

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  • Why ‘Vogue’’s Attempt to Embrace ‘Gender Fluidity’ Backfired

    Why ‘Vogue’’s Attempt to Embrace ‘Gender Fluidity’ Backfired0

    Vogue magazine might know what’s in vogue for fashion, but its latest attempts to seem culturally correct have failed miserably. This month, Vogue attempted to ally itself with the latest trend in inclusivity—gender fluidity—by featuring celebrity power couple Zayn Malik (formerly of the boy band One Direction) and model Gigi Hadid on its August cover. The headline? “Gigi Hadid

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  • To Fix Healthcare, We Need to Repeal a Lot More than Obamacare

    To Fix Healthcare, We Need to Repeal a Lot More than Obamacare0

    I’ve always been willing to accept a repeal of Obamacare that was less than perfect, and I’ve never subscribed to the idea that only a total and complete repeal of Obamacare should warrant my support.  Even a small tax cut is better than no tax cut, and even a partial repeal of Obamacare is better than no

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  • The Strange Death of Europe

    The Strange Death of Europe0

    What does Europe’s future look like? Last night I finished reading Douglas Murray’s fascinating, brilliant, beautifully argued and deeply disturbing book, The Strange Death of Europe. Murray writes of Europe’s “suicide,” a decision made not by voters choosing this in democratic elections but very largely by elites acting without broad consent. Murray, a British intellectual and

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  • Star Wars Actor Rips Game of Thrones: ‘No Black People’

    Star Wars Actor Rips Game of Thrones: ‘No Black People’0

    In a recent interview with GQ, Star Wars actor John Boyega took a shot at HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, decrying a lack of black actors in the show. “There are no black people on Game of Thrones,” said Boyega, who directed a similar complaint at Lord of the Rings. “I ain’t paying money

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