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  • Dangers of the Witch Hunts in Washington

    Dangers of the Witch Hunts in Washington0

    As an anthropologist, I know that all groups of people use informal practices of social control in day-to-day interactions. Controlling disruptive behavior is necessary for maintaining social order, but the forms of control vary. How will President Donald Trump control behavior he finds disruptive? The question came to me when Trump called the investigation of

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  • Court Rules That the Truth about Milk Can Finally be Told

    Court Rules That the Truth about Milk Can Finally be Told0

    In a unanimous decision yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vindicated Ocheesee Creamery’s free speech rights when it reversed a district court’s decision that prevented the creamery from telling its customers the truth about the products it sells. Ocheesee Creamery is a small, all-natural dairy farm located in rural Florida that

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  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Islamists Won’t Thank Liberals for Being Nice or PC

    Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Islamists Won’t Thank Liberals for Being Nice or PC0

    On “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Ayaan Hirsi Ali recently blasted what she called the “apologetic attitude” many liberals seem to have toward Islamism and Islamic terrorism. Hirsi Ali, who was raised Muslim in Somalia but has renounced her former religion, said the Islamist playbook is simple: indoctrination, intimidation, and force. She said Western efforts to appease

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  • Are You on Track to Read the Average Number of Books Before You Die? (See Chart)0

    Ever wonder how many books you’ll have read by the time you die? We may never know the answer to that question, but we might be able to guess how many we have remaining. A recent article in Quartz highlights just that in two fascinating graphs. Based on the number of books the average American

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  • Americans Slip in Global Happiness Survey. But What is ‘Happiness’?

    Americans Slip in Global Happiness Survey. But What is ‘Happiness’?0

    The 2017 World Happiness Report, a list of 155 countries ranked according to multiple measures of personal and collective welfare, was recently released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a United Nations initiative. According to the report, the countries with the happiest inhabitants are Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, Finland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand,

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  • 3 Things the U.S. Could Learn from Israel’s Education System

    3 Things the U.S. Could Learn from Israel’s Education System0

    It’s no secret that the U.S. has a mediocre education system. When ranked against other first-world nations, it’s not hard to see that a continuation of such trends will eventually leave America flailing in business, industry, and innovation. But is there a way to remedy this problem of labor force ingenuity – even without improving

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  • Why Most Students No Longer Read the ‘Great Books’

    Why Most Students No Longer Read the ‘Great Books’0

    For about a hundred years now, various educators have tried to promote a return to the study of the “Great Books” in schools. But they have largely failed to gain much traction.   “Great Books” is the name given to the so-called Western canon of literature—those books throughout history that have been influential in shaping

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  • Preschooler Gets Week-long Suspension for Picking Up Shell Casing

    Preschooler Gets Week-long Suspension for Picking Up Shell Casing0

    Once upon a time, a 7-year-old boy was suspended from school for making his pop-tart into a gun. With the outrage that ensued over such a punishment, one would have thought that common sense would have returned by now in regards to harmless incidents with little boys and guns. Kristy Jackson’s 4-year-old son Hunter is

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  • How the Government Ruined US Healthcare — and What Can Be Done

    How the Government Ruined US Healthcare — and What Can Be Done0

    Government’s meddling in the healthcare business has been disastrous from the get-go. Since 1910, when Republican William Taft gave in to the American Medical Association’s lobbying efforts, most administrations have passed new healthcare regulations. With each new law or set of new regulations, restrictions on the healthcare market went further, until at some point in

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