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Children Prefer Reading Books on Paper, Not Screens0
- Education
- March 9, 2017
There is a common perception that children are more likely to read if it is on a device such as an iPad or Kindles. But new research shows that this is not necessarily the case. In a study of children in Year 4 and 6, those who had regular access to devices with eReading capability
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Apprenticeships Offering Students a New Way Forward0
- Economics
- March 9, 2017
The push to send young people to college has grown by leaps and bounds in the last several decades. Perhaps, then, it’s no surprise that this great demand for college has driven the price to astronomical heights. For evidence of this price increase, one need look no further than the chart below from University of
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Why We Should Fear the Deep State0
- Culture
- March 8, 2017
The notion of the “deep state” or a “state within a state” is creepy, to say the least. It indicates the existence of a shadowy group of unelected bureaucrats deeply embedded in the military-intelligence establishment secretly manipulating government policy. Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute defines the ‘deep state’ as “nothing more than agencies and
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Why does International Women’s Day Ignore Motherhood?0
- Culture
- March 8, 2017
Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day, an occasion for celebrating what is unique about women’s contribution to society: their irreplaceable role as mothers, homemakers, educators, nurses — in short, all the person-centred and nurturing activity that they typically excel at and with which they increasingly transform other professions and society at large. WHAT? Sorry!
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The Alt Right’s Intellectual Roots Go Way Back0
- History
- March 8, 2017
Reading “How I Left the Left” is a solid reminder that there’s not much intellectual heft remaining on that side of the fence. If an ideology sets out to isolate the locus of evil in people’s very identity, it is pretty well spent. This, in addition to the failure of the socialist model everywhere it has
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Ted Kennedy Had Secret Dealings with Soviets Before 1984 Election0
- History
- March 8, 2017
Reports (and tweets) are swirling all over the internet about allegations that U.S. intelligence agencies bugged the Trump Campaign during the presidential election over suspicion the campaign had ties to the Kremlin, which stands accused of meddling in the 2016 presidential contest. Perhaps because of this revelation, several observant readers brought to our attention
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Our Culture Degrades Women by Trying to Make Them Men0
- Culture
- March 8, 2017
In preparation for the 2017 International Women’s Day, the UN Secretary-General dutifully declared his devotion to women’s rights and equality, saying: “Women’s rights are human rights. … Empowering women and girls is the only way to protect their rights and make sure they can realize their full potential.” Undoubtedly, the Secretary-General is well-meaning and sincerely
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Middlebury Riot Shows the Veneer of Our Civilization is Thin0
- Culture
- March 8, 2017
On March 2, there was one of those oh-so-revealing events that makes people realize that very bad trends are at work in America, trends that are corroding the essence of civilization. Middlebury College in Vermont is a liberal arts school. The prolific author and American Enterprise Institute scholar Charles Murray was asked to speak at
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Hoop Earrings No Longer Politically Correct for White Girls1
- Culture
- March 8, 2017
It’s a hard thing to keep up to date in these days where political correctness reigns supreme. After all, one never can tell when one might be guilty of a microaggression or a cultural appropriation. Such was the case recently at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. As the Claremont Independent reports, white female students were
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