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Which States Are the Biggest Moochers?0
- Economics
- March 14, 2017
Since Donald Trump’s election, some leftists have been trotting out analyses showing that many states that voted for Trump are also states where federal spending plays a disproportionately large role in the statewide economy. In other words, many of those states that talk a lot about states rights and less federal government — it is
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Study: Kids Relying on Google to Learn Basic Life Skills 0
- Culture
- March 14, 2017
In the last several years, it has become increasingly apparent that many children no longer know how to perform tasks that were once essential to running a household. But while it’s easy to chalk up this deficiency entirely to laziness or lack of interest on the part of kids, a recent European study found that
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New Republic Writer: Blue and Red States Should Go Their Own Ways 0
- History
- March 14, 2017
Nearly a week ago in The New Republic, writer Kevin Baker penned an open letter stating that blue and red states should breakup. In the letter, addressed to “Red State Trump voters,” Baker spends about 4,700 words making an intellectual case for progressivism, insulting people who live in West Virginia and rural Arkansas, and explaining why
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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 509
- 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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Which States Are the Biggest Moochers?0