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Would You Have Worn the Yellow Star?0
- Education
- May 15, 2017
Recently Daniel Lattier wrote about an elementary school in Edina, Minnesota, where public school children “are being trained to see the world through the lens of race.” Robert Jones, writing in The New York Times, warns that our distinctly American identity is in danger of being lost. Jones is not talking about the loss of
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Why Bad Moods are Good for You 0
- Culture
- May 15, 2017
Homo sapiens is a very moody species. Even though sadness and bad moods have always been part of the human experience, we now live in an age that ignores or devalues these feelings. In our culture, normal human emotions like temporary sadness are often treated as disorders. Manipulative advertising, marketing and self-help industries claim happiness
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Trump Defiles the Sanctity of Government, and It Drives the Center-Left Mad 0
- Politics
- May 15, 2017
Has the center-left ever been more apoplectic about a presidency? It can’t have been this nuts even during the Nixon presidency. Every day, their publications fill up with articles that are breathless to the point of hysteria about the disgrace that the Trump administration is bringing to the affairs of government. His incessant tweeting, his
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This Healthcare Mess is Not ‘Insurance’0
- Politics
- May 15, 2017
The House of Representatives has just passed a statute it represents as “repealing and replacing Obamacare.” This legislation, now awaiting what promises to be major challenges in gaining the Senate’s approval, does amend certain aspects of the Obamacare setup, but all in all the changes are less than earth-shaking, and the previous system will continue
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Lawmakers Ask Attorney General to Take Second Look at Lois Lerner’s Case 0
- Politics
- May 15, 2017
Congressmen are asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions to re-examine the case of IRS division chief Lois Lerner. “We believe that she targeted people based on their political philosophy, which is a crime, and secondly, we believe that she has lied to the inspector general when that was being investigated,” Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., told The
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Prof: 3 Reasons Lack of Manners is Killing the University 0
- Culture
- May 15, 2017
Over the weekend, University of North Carolina professor Molly Worthen penned an article for The New York Times intriguingly titled, “U Can’t Talk to Ur Professor Like This.” As the article infers, the popular concept of parents allowing children to be their “friends” has hit the ivy halls, and many students are bringing familiarity into
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