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Violence Can’t Be Justified Because You Don’t Like What Someone Says (Video)0
- Culture
- August 29, 2017
The optics of the video (see below) are chilling: At the August 20 “America First” rally in Laguna Beach, California, a large white man sucker-punches a well-dressed, slightly built black man. Perhaps ironically, this incident does not fit stereotypical expectations: The punching victim, R. C. Maxwell, was not protesting against the anti-illegal immigration rally but attending
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You’re Stupid, So We Are Going to Take Away Your Freedom 0
- Economics
- August 28, 2017
In a country based on the principle of liberty, should we really contemplate depriving people of freedom because they sometimes don’t make choices experts think are best for them? My title really understates the liberty-depriving philosophy of the nanny state. More accurately, it is: Some people make what we think are bad choices, so we
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Antifa Attack Peaceful Demonstrators to Stop Hate at Berkeley 0
- Culture
- August 28, 2017
The Washington Post has the latest chapter in the Battle of Berkeley, which broke out over the weekend. Here is the colorful lead: Their faces hidden behind black bandannas and hoodies, about a 100 anarchists and antifa — “anti-fascist” — barreled into a protest Sunday afternoon in Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park.
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Did Medieval Medicine Ever Work?1
- Education
- August 28, 2017
It all began as one of those Friday afternoon projects that medical researchers sometimes do to satisfy curiosity. No one expected it to work. The researchers were testing medieval medical remedies by replicating a 1000-year-old recipe for an eye salve. They were prepared to see it prove that medieval medicine was backward and even superstitious.
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3 Back to School Thoughts from G.K. Chesterton 0
- Education
- August 28, 2017
Every year, the approach of fall signals to children and parents that it’s time to gear up and begin the cycle of packing lunches, picking out clothes, racing to the bus stop, and coming home at night with armloads of books and homework once again. But while parents and children across America know this drill
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Fake Hate is Now Happening on the Right, Too 0
- Politics
- August 28, 2017
The rise of “fake hate”—false reports of crime reported by individuals claiming to be victims of crimes committed by a certain group—is a deeply troubling phenomenon. There was a spike of these stories following the election of Donald Trump, most of which were stories spun by college students who claimed they were victims of
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