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  • What the 7 Countries Included in Trump’s Ban Have in Common

    What the 7 Countries Included in Trump’s Ban Have in Common0

    (Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories related to Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia.) Last week, President Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning citizens from seven countries from entering the U.S. and indefinitely banning Syrian refugees. The stated aim of the order is to ensure the U.S. doesn’t

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  • Second Grade Reading Textbooks: 1879 vs. Today

    Second Grade Reading Textbooks: 1879 vs. Today0

    Over the weekend, a friend of mine was describing her work as a teacher in a local classical school. The literature class she taught for 2nd and 3rd graders particularly interested me. I then asked her what type of reading materials her class used. She replied that their main textbooks were McGuffey readers, the primers

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  • People of Color Can’t Be Racist Says New College Guide

    People of Color Can’t Be Racist Says New College Guide0

    Via Campus Reform: A tri-college coalition in Pennsylvania has published a resource guide on “allyship and anti-oppression” that brazenly affirms people of color cannot be racist towards white people. The guide, made available for students attending Haverford, Swarthmore, and Bryn Mawr Colleges, provides a seemingly-exhaustive list of terms on the topic, including “reverse racism,” which,

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  • No, Ayn Rand Did Not Want Us to Be Selfish

    No, Ayn Rand Did Not Want Us to Be Selfish0

    In modern America, February 2 is best known as Groundhog Day. But it also marks the birth of one of the most praised and criticized thinkers of the past century – Ayn Rand. Rand sold more than 30 million books. Atlas Shrugged has been ranked behind only the Bible as an influence on readers’ lives.

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  • My Kindergartner Was Told Trump Was Going to Kill ‘All the Girls in the U.S.’

    My Kindergartner Was Told Trump Was Going to Kill ‘All the Girls in the U.S.’0

    Yesterday afternoon I received an email from the dean of my 5-year-old daughter’s school. When I saw my little girl’s name in the subject line, my first thought was that she had said something naughty. (She’s a goofball and recently discovered scatological humor.) But that wasn’t the case. Kelly and Jonathan, Just wanted to let

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  • Do Men Secretly Want Stay-at-Home Wives?

    Do Men Secretly Want Stay-at-Home Wives?1

    Are men afraid to tell women their true desires? The answer to that question may hinge on what those desires are. If those desires are for women to break through the glass ceiling and do everything a man does, then it’s likely men are not afraid to spill their desires to the woman in their

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