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  • The Unhinging of the Academic Left: History, Hate, and Hysteria

    The Unhinging of the Academic Left: History, Hate, and Hysteria0

    The Organization of American Historians (OAH) has responded to the Trump presidency in a manner showing all the seriousness and bravery its thousands of members can muster: a lecture series univocally condemning Donald Trump and the nation they blame for electing him. One thing the announcement has in great abundance is self-importance: The OAH Distinguished

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  • Study: Cohabitation Far Less Stable for Children Than Marriage

    Study: Cohabitation Far Less Stable for Children Than Marriage0

    One thing the same-sex marriage debate has done is shine a light on why marriage is even worth arguing about. If it is just about loving couples, forget it. But it is not just about that; it is about children. After decades of “soul mate” marriage, it has been brought to our attention again that

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  • Judge Sentences Teens to Read Books to Pay for Crimes

    Judge Sentences Teens to Read Books to Pay for Crimes0

    Many Americans today are troubled by the anger, disrespect, and ignorant attitudes they see in the younger generations. Unfortunately, these attitudes often spill over in violent protests and other inappropriate actions. Such was the case last fall in Loudon County, Virginia when a group of five teenagers defaced the historic, one-room “Ashburn Colored School” with

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  • Hans Rosling, R.I.P.

    Hans Rosling, R.I.P.0

    Hans Rosling, the Swedish doctor and professor who saved countless lives in the world’s poorest countries (and gave many TED talks), died yesterday of pancreatic cancer. Last December, Nature had an interesting feature with him, discussing his life’s work. Rosling was an antidote to uninformed pessimism. As Nature noted: Rosling’s charm appeals to those frustrated by the persistence of myths about the

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  • Gridlock Increases Domestic Violence, Study Claims

    Gridlock Increases Domestic Violence, Study Claims0

    Society pays a heavy price for traffic. It leads to lost time, more pollution and increased spending on gasoline. In metropolitan areas, road congestion in 2012 led consumers to waste 2.9 billion gallons of fuel and spend 5.5 billion hours sitting in traffic. According to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, the average commuter wastes 42

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  • Campuses Should Resist Canceling Controversial Speakers

    Campuses Should Resist Canceling Controversial Speakers0

    I have no opinion on Milo Yiannopoulos, the editor at Breitbart News whose acceptance of an invitation to speak at the University of California Berkeley recently sparked a massive protest that turned into a riot. All I know is that he’s gay, Jewish, and lands somewhere on the right. I’ve never read anything he has written. I have never seen him

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  • Trump is Still OK With Cops Taking Your Sh*t

    Trump is Still OK With Cops Taking Your Sh*t0

    Donald Trump is going after one of the few issues proven to be a unifier across party lines: civil asset forfeiture. This legal tool allows law enforcement to seize money and physical property from those merely suspected of criminal behavior. Unfortunately, there is no conviction requirement, meaning confiscation can occur before suspects have been given

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  • Torture Cannot Be Condoned By Civilized Nations

    Torture Cannot Be Condoned By Civilized Nations0

    Until relatively recently, the notion that torture was wrong was a proposition to which everyone assented; governments that practiced torture lied about what they were doing. Under the Bush Administration, in the wake of 9/11, the reluctance of officials to admit that what they had authorized was torture, or their insistence that it was at

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  • Mother of 3 Rips Franken for Elitist Comments on Education

    Mother of 3 Rips Franken for Elitist Comments on Education0

    As we know, the legislators in Congress are supposed to represent all of us, the Joe Averages in the streets and lanes of the nation. Our legislators know this too – or at least they know how to give lip service to the idea. In all likelihood, it is this mentality of needing to represent

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