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Full Repeal of ObamaCare Would Cover More People than ObamaCare-Lite Bill 0
- Economics
- March 14, 2017
A new Congressional Budget Office report projecting the effects of the House Republican leadership’s American Health Care Act weakens the case for the bill’s ObamaCare-lite approach, and strengthens the case for full repeal. The CBO projects that over the next two years, the AHCA would cause average premiums to rise 15 percent to 20 percent above ObamaCare’s
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Forget Immigrants. Technology is Killing Jobs 0
- Economics
- March 14, 2017
The elevator attendant asking you what floor you want. The gas station service attendant wanting to know whether you would like your oil checked. The switchboard operator inquiring who you would like to call. These are sounds you do not hear anymore. Add to that the whirring sound of the seamstress, and soon, the voice
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Conservative vs. Liberal Logic: A Comparison 0
- Politics
- March 14, 2017
If you read the news or follow politics, you hear a lot of arguments and all of them sound different. But in reality, there are only two basic ways to argue. We could call these two kinds of argument “Arguing Forward” and “Arguing Backward.” Arguing Forward is principled in nature. It involves beginning with a principle or
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BBC Dad Isn’t a Tool of the Patriarchy. He’s All of Us Who Balance Work and Family 386
- Culture
- March 14, 2017
Is Robert Kelly just another tool of the patriarchy? That’s the question circulating on the Internet after the video of Kelly, forever to be known as “BBC dad,” went viral. Thirty million views later, people may be running out of things to say about the hilarious scene when Kelly is trying to speak seriously on
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Advice on Manhood Andrew Jackson Received from His Dying Mother 0
- History
- March 14, 2017
In 1815, as Andrew Jackson stood before his men a war hero following the Battle of New Orleans, he spoke of his mother, who had been dead three and a half decades. “Gentlemen, I wish she could have lived to see this day. There never was a woman like her,” Jackson intoned, according to historian
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‘Recess Coaches’ are Being Hired by Schools to Manage How Kids Play 0
- Culture
- March 14, 2017
A few years ago, recess was on the verge of extinction, crowded out by high-stakes testing and concerns over potential injuries or schoolyard bullying. Recess, however, has come roaring back in popularity as parents and teachers have realized how essential it is to the growth and development of children. Yet in spite of this resurgence,
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When Equal Access Means Zero Access for All 0
- Culture
- March 13, 2017
There is irrational comfort taken in the belief that man-made laws somehow ensure equality for all. More often than not, the exact opposite is true. Within the next week, UC Berkeley will be forced to remove over 20,000 lectures, videos, and other digital documents from its free online library. While the prestigious school has been
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New York to Nix Literacy Tests for Teachers because too many Minorities Are Failing 0
- Education
- March 13, 2017
Should teachers be able to pass a basic literacy test before they set foot in a classroom? One would think that the answer to that question would be a solid yes. After all, it seems obvious that the ability to understand and communicate through reading and writing is essential to any teacher regardless of the
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Most People Now ‘Think’ in Pictures 0
- Culture
- March 13, 2017
Like us, many of you are alarmed about the decline of rational thought in Western society. In his book The Humiliation of the Word, philosopher Jacques Ellul theorizes that a major cause of this decline is the fact that most people no longer think in words, but in images. In what he refers to as
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Full Repeal of ObamaCare Would Cover More People than ObamaCare-Lite Bill 0