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  • MIT Is Making Kid-Friendly Communist Propaganda

    MIT Is Making Kid-Friendly Communist Propaganda0

    In order to make the deadliest ideology of the 20th century palatable to young Americans, “Communism for Kids” is coming to a bookstore near you. This newly released book from MIT Press “proposes a different kind of communism, one that is true to its ideals and free from authoritarianism.” The death toll from communist regimes

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  • Gender Equality is Basically a Farce, Study Suggests

    Gender Equality is Basically a Farce, Study Suggests0

    There’s a big trend these days for individuals to challenge the preconceived – and allegedly outdated – lens through which they view society. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the differences between the genders. Gender, we are told, is a social construct. As such, there is really no difference between the male and female

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  • Why is Humility Important?

    Why is Humility Important?0

    An awful lot of people in this world are really puffed up about themselves. One of the character traits I wish were much more widely practiced these days is good old-fashioned humility. T. S. Eliot said, “Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well

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  • Is NPR Pushing Propaganda about the Benefits of Preschool?

    Is NPR Pushing Propaganda about the Benefits of Preschool?0

    The other day, NPR published an article on the benefits of Pre-K education. Highlighting a recent consensus statement on preschool released by The Brookings Institute, the article went bonkers on social media, presumably because of the following announcement: “Some of the nation’s top researchers who’ve spent their careers studying early childhood education recently got together

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  • Is John F. Kennedy Responsible for the Alt-Right?

    Is John F. Kennedy Responsible for the Alt-Right?0

    JFK and the Masculine Mystique: Sex and Power on the New Frontier, is a powerful and incisive new book about men. Written by Steven Watts, the book combines thorough research, penetrating analysis, and graceful prose. One of the more intriguing arguments in the book is that Kennedy was responsible for unmooring traditional values due to

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  • Arizona Lawmaker Urges End to Compulsory Schooling

    Arizona Lawmaker Urges End to Compulsory Schooling0

    Most Americans agree that an educated citizenry is a priority for a thriving democracy. In fact, the first compulsory education statute was passed in Massachusetts Bay Colony not long after the Pilgrims arrived. In 1642, that first compulsory education law prioritized childhood literacy, but it placed the responsibility on parents to educate their children. It

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  • 3 Reasons To Consider an Internet Detox

    3 Reasons To Consider an Internet Detox0

    On January 1, 2017, I made a New Year’s resolution to make my Sundays Internet free. This involved not going online Sundays for any reason, whether it be for email, updates, or inquiries. I did this because I realized just how much leisure time I was wasting on the Internet. I wanted to devote Sunday

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  • Why Do People Become Communists, and Why Do They Stick With It?

    Why Do People Become Communists, and Why Do They Stick With It?0

    For as long as I can remember, I’ve puzzled about why people become communists. I have no doubt about why someone would stop being one. After all, we have a century of evidence of the murder, famine, and general destruction caused by the idea. Ignoring all this takes a special kind of willful blindness to

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  • Why are Men Getting Shut Out of the Workforce?

    Why are Men Getting Shut Out of the Workforce?0

    There’s a lot of talk about misogyny these days. Women, it is claimed, are still very much maligned and treated unfairly, and as such, must fight to break through the glass ceiling of the working world. I won’t deny that such may be the case. However, I wonder if we’ve placed such a heavy emphasis

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