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Students Arrested for Sharing Copies of U.S. Constitution 1
- Culture
- January 20, 2017
Sometimes I think we must be living in an Alice-in-Wonderland world. At least, it sure seems like it if we judge from the number of times we’re forced to cry “Curiouser and curiouser!” because of the cognitive dissonance which abounds around us. Take the incident at Kellogg Community College in Michigan which recently came to
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PolitiFact Flubs Betsy DeVos Fact-Check 0
- Education
- January 20, 2017
It would be difficult to think of any principle more basic than that criminal defendants can’t be convicted except by proof beyond a reasonable doubt. But left-leaning “fact-checker” PolitiFact doesn’t even know it. In an error-filled January 19 “fact-check,” PolitiFact’s Anna Orso writes about “the ‘clear and convincing’ standard used in criminal trials.” The clear
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Obama’s Going to Get Paid 0
- Politics
- January 20, 2017
Today President Barack Obama will leave the White House after two terms in office. In spite of the toll that the stress of being the POTUS takes on one—their hair usually turns gray while in office—I’m sure there will be some sadness on Obama’s part. But that sadness may soon diminish, because the fact is,
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Jefferson’s 1801 Inaugural Address is Perfect for 2017 0
- History
- January 20, 2017
The 2016 election was one of the most divisive and most vitriolic in recent memory. Hangover from this division will likely exhibit itself throughout the inauguration festivities over the next few days. History, however, often repeats itself, and on this inauguration day, we would be wise to remember that America has seen many vitriolic elections
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Betsy DeVos’ Support for Due Process on Campuses Draws Attack 0
- Education
- January 20, 2017
Betsy DeVos, who was nominated to be the Education Secretary, was recently attacked because she and her husband made donations to a civil-liberties group, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. FIRE is “a nonpartisan organization that defends free speech, religious liberty, and due process on college campuses.” FIRE is also responsible for many free-speech
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Why Don’t We Call It Rape or Child Molestation When a Woman is the Perp?1
- Culture
- January 19, 2017
On the day I wrote this story, the headline of the number one story on the Washington Post website was this: “Texas teacher who had sex almost daily with 13-year-old student gets 10 years in prison.” Despite the fact that the offense was technically rape, which is why the teacher, Alexandria Vera, is now spending a decade
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The Radical Skepticism of Impressionism 0
- Culture
- January 19, 2017
Impressionism … is another name for that final skepticism which can find no floor to the universe. – G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who was Thursday The great writer G. K. Chesterton delighted in paradoxes, those apparent contradictions that point to a deeper truth. Sometimes, however, the paradoxes are so shocking to our senses or our
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Raising Sons in the Age of Trump 0
- Culture
- January 19, 2017
One of the most disturbing facets of the wave of hysteria sweeping half the nation in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential election victory is the recent trend of feminist confessionals about their problematic feelings for their male children. In a recent opinion piece for The Sydney Morning Herald, self-declared feminist Polly Dunning, herself the daughter of a
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Professor: The Perks of One-Room Schools 0
- Education
- January 19, 2017
In recent years, many have looked to technology to be the panacea for America’s education problems. Surely, the thinking goes, an iPad in every set of hands will open the floodgates to knowledge that can be personalized to every child. But former public school teacher and current college professor Dr. John Schrock disagrees that looking
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