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7 Reasons Trump is Right to Scrap the Paris Climate Deal 0
- Economics
- May 31, 2017
Reuters reports that President Donald Trump will withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement. And writers are apoplectic. Todd Stern at The Atlantic says such a move would be “indefensible.” At Slate, David McKean and David Wade said pulling out would be a huge mistake “because our planet is currently on a collision course
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Why is Europe Subsidizing Jihadists?0
- Culture
- May 30, 2017
Does the European welfare system promote hate by allowing people to avoid learning the lessons of mutual dependence and cooperation that the workplace teaches? Consider for a moment how little we can do for ourselves. The food we eat, the clothes we wear, the fuel we burn are mostly obtained through the efforts of others.
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Venezuela’s Disaster is Man-Made 0
- Economics
- May 30, 2017
Journalists are now reporting regularly on the crisis in Venezuela, with shortages of everything from toilet paper to food and now daily street protests. What the news reports too often miss is, Why? Why is a formerly middle-class, oil-rich country now so desperately poor? The Weekly Standard notes a New York Times article, “How Venezuela
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Scientists are Accidentally Helping Poachers Drive Rare Species to Extinction 0
- Science
- May 30, 2017
If you open Google and start typing “Chinese cave gecko”, the text will auto-populate to “Chinese cave gecko for sale” – just US$150, with delivery. This extremely rare species is just one of an increasingly large number of animals being pushed to extinction in the wild by animal trafficking. What’s shocking is that the illegal
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Homelessness Charity Declines Federal Aid, Gets Hundreds Back on Their Feet 0
- Culture
- May 30, 2017
Growing up, Teena Faison never imagined she’d find herself a single mom and homeless. “We didn’t wake up one day and go, ‘Hey, I just want to be homeless with my kids,’” she told The Daily Signal “No. There’s many, many contributing factors to that – lack of education, lack of resources, addiction.” At 34
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Gallup: 8 Things You Need to Know About U.S. Students 0
- Education
- May 30, 2017
In a recent snapshot report, Gallup identified eight key findings about U.S. students. The findings stem from a poll Gallup conducted last fall that surveyed students in grades 5-12 from 3,000 public and private schools in North America. Here is what Gallup found: Engaged and hopeful students fare better on desirable outcomes, such as better
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Does the Witch Hunt to Rename Monuments Signal a Narrow Education?0
- Education
- May 30, 2017
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s been a popular trend to rename various geographical and manmade landmarks. The renaming attempts often revolve around issues of racism, particularly in relation to whether an individual was pro-slavery. The latest incident in this line of renaming attempts occurred at a high school in Madison, Wisconsin. As local publication
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19 Quotes from Historic Figures That Will Make You Uncomfortable 0
- History
- May 30, 2017
1. Woodrow Wilson on the rise of the KKK “The white men were aroused by a mere instinct of self-preservation — until at last there sprung into existence a great Kuklux Klan, a veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country.” – Wilson in A History of the American People (1902) 2. Abraham
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Video: Factual Feminist Is Macro-annoyed with Microaggression Theory 0
- Culture
- May 26, 2017
As if there were not enough real aggression in the world, the hothouse climate of American universities has bred infestations of “microaggression”. This noxious weed is causing countless students and staff to break out in a rash of indignation and hurt feelings, and is spreading rapidly through society. The remedy seems to be to bring
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