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  • Rachel Dolezal’s Argument That She’s Black Is Perfectly Logical

    Rachel Dolezal’s Argument That She’s Black Is Perfectly Logical0

    Rachel Dolezal became famous two years ago when, as the ostensibly African-American head of the NAACP, it was discovered that she wasn’t Black at all, as she had always claimed. Rather than admit that she had simply lied, she instead began arguing that, despite the biological reality that she was a Caucasian, she really was Black.

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  • Keep Your Ivanka Trump Hatred Out of My Closet

    Keep Your Ivanka Trump Hatred Out of My Closet0

    Recently I found the perfect pair of spring heels at Nordstrom Rack. Their most defining characteristic? They’re designed by Ivanka Trump. I didn’t think anything of it, aside from the fact that the daughter of our current president has great taste in shoes. Apparently, however, Nordstrom is one of many stores that will no longer

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  • Julie Andrews Teaching Theater on Netflix Invalidates Your Argument for Federal Arts Funding

    Julie Andrews Teaching Theater on Netflix Invalidates Your Argument for Federal Arts Funding0

    My inner child was glued to the screen. Was I really witnessing Mary Poppins herself teach five adorable kids about performing arts? It’s true! It exists! It’s Netflix’s delightful new children’s program, Julie’s Greenroom. And I, a 24-year-old woman, am not ashamed to admit that I just binge-watched the whole first season. Julie’s Greenroom is

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  • How Liberals Learned to Love States’ Rights

    How Liberals Learned to Love States’ Rights0

    Over the course of approximately six hours, the Left in the United States made a spectacular, 180 degree turn on federalism and states’ rights without even recognizing it. Although this lack of self-awareness shouldn’t be particularly surprising coming from the modern Left, which seems to have missed the irony when it goes about shutting down debates

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  • Camille Paglia Defends Jordan Peterson, Tells ‘Sniveling’ PC Transgender Activists to ‘Take a Hike’

    Camille Paglia Defends Jordan Peterson, Tells ‘Sniveling’ PC Transgender Activists to ‘Take a Hike’0

    University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson has become both a pariah and minor celebrity for famously refusing to use genderless pronouns. He appears to have a new ally.   Feminist icon Camille Paglia was asked about the backlash Peterson has faced for his outspoken opposition to Canadian legislation (Bill C-16), which potentially would make refusal

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  • 4 Ways to Avoid Being Fooled By Propaganda

    4 Ways to Avoid Being Fooled By Propaganda0

    We live in a society where propaganda is hurled at us nearly every waking hour. One need only recall the last election to verify that such a statement is true.  Unfortunately, the vast majority of the public is ill-equipped to deal with this propaganda. This is because, as former University of Chicago professor Richard Weaver

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  • Teaching Chess to Kids Spurs Academic Achievement

    Teaching Chess to Kids Spurs Academic Achievement0

    Over the weekend, 60 Minutes featured an unusual story about the small, backwoods area of Franklin County, Mississippi. Like much of Mississippi, Franklin County isn’t exactly known for its wealth or educational excellence. But that may be changing, particularly in regards to the latter, thanks to a man known as Dr. Jeff Bulington. According to

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  • Surgeons in Canada are Harvesting Organs from Euthanised Patients

    Surgeons in Canada are Harvesting Organs from Euthanised Patients0

    Taking advantage of the country’s new law, Canadian transplant surgeons have harvested organs from dozens of euthanasia patients. According to the National Post, 26 people in Ontario who died by lethal injection have donated tissue or organs. This involved mostly corneas, skin, heart valves, bones and tendons. The National Post’s report only covered Ontario. Bioethicists,

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  • Steve Bannon: Not a Fan of Limited Government

    Steve Bannon: Not a Fan of Limited Government0

    Writing in The New York Times Magazine about last week’s stillborn RyanCare bill, Robert Draper recalls a conversation he had with White House strategist Stephen Bannon earlier this year. Bannon, lamenting the ability of both congressional Democrats and Republicans to get things done, contrasts the identity-obsessed progressives with the one-trick pony conservatives: What’s that Dostoyevsky line: Happy families

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