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How Orwell Became the Prophet Who Foresaw Our Future 0
- History
- September 8, 2017
There is something ghostly and ghastly about the resurrection of British author George Orwell in contemporary politics, especially in the reaction to the disruption and transformation of public policy now taking place. Orwell was a mid-20th century journalist, essayist and novelist who was an early anti-fascist of the far left until the Spanish civil war
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The Power of Making Friends with Ideological Enemies 0
- Culture
- September 8, 2017
“How can people hate me, when they don’t even know me?” This is the question that drives the subject of a fantastic new documentary on Netflix called “Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race, and America,” directed by Matt Ornstein. For the past 30 years, soul musician Daryl Davis has been traveling the country in search of
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DeVos Takes Aim at Obama-Era College Sexual Assault Guidelines 0
- Education
- September 8, 2017
In a major speech today, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos indicated that the Education Department may withdraw some of the regulatory “dark matter” discussed by CEI’s Wayne Crews, such as its April 4, 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter micromanaging college discipline. Crews’ 2016 congressional testimony described how agencies violate the Administrative Procedure Act by issuing “dark matter”—binding rules that have not gone through the notice
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Being Offended is Part of Living in a Democracy, Comedian Says 0
- Culture
- September 8, 2017
The phrases “I’m offended” and “that’s offensive” are ones we hear fairly often today. Why? I’m not sure to be perfectly honest, and I’m probably ill-suited to answer the question, since there are very few things that offend me. One theory, posited by scholar Christina Hoff Sommers, suggests that in our culture today victimhood “confers
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Socialism is Not ‘Public Roads’ and ‘911 Service’1
- History
- September 7, 2017
Evidence suggests that socialism is becoming more popular in the United States. Yet there is reason to believe this is at least partly because Americans are pretty much clueless as to what socialism is. It’s been shown time and again that many people who say they love socialism cannot accurately describe its basic tenets if
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Trump’s Historic Opportunity with the Federal Reserve 0
- Economics
- September 7, 2017
Today Stanley Fischer submitted his letter of resignation from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, effective next month, the second such resignation of Donald Trump’s presidency. While Fischer’s term as Vice Chairman of the Fed was set to end next year, he had the ability to serve as a governor through 2020. Along with Trump’s
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