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New PBS Documentary on Education in America is Creating a Stir 0
- Culture
- June 14, 2017
This spring, PBS has been airing a three-part documentary series, “School, Inc.“, spotlighting some of the successes of education choice and free-market schooling options around the world. “School, Inc.” is the brainchild of Andrew Coulson, an education policy researcher who left a successful career at Microsoft to answer a perplexing question: Why is it that
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House GOP Whip Steve Scalise Shot at Congressional Baseball Practice 0
- Politics
- June 14, 2017
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., was shot and wounded early Wednesday in Alexandria, Virginia, when a man opened fire at Republican lawmakers and staff during a practice for a congressional baseball game. Scalise, shot in the left hip while at second base, was listed in stable condition at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where he
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Study Reveals Why the American Dream is So Elusive for Millennials 0
- Culture
- June 14, 2017
It’s no news that millennials are more financially strapped than other generations. As Forbes reported last year, large percentages of them are struggling to gain “financial independence,” and as a result, are forced to rely on their parents for support. Naturally, older generations are quick to point to such stats with disdain and shake their
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GOP baseball practice shooter in March: ‘It’s Time to Destroy Trump & Co.’0
- Culture
- June 14, 2017
Law enforcement authorities identified the shooter at the GOP congressional baseball practice as James T. Hodgkinson (above, left) of Belleville, Illinois. There is a Twitter profile for a James Hodgkinson from Belleville, Illinois. The account was created in January 2014. The account was little used, but it does suggest the user was deeply interested
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It Would Have Been a Massacre 0
- Culture
- June 14, 2017
The horrifying scene at a practice field in Alexandria, Virginia, at which Congressman Steve Scalise was shot in a shocking flurry of gunfire, could have been much worse. Rand Paul pointed out that “it would have been a massacre” had a member of the House leadership not been there. His presence guaranteed that the heavily
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Is the Media Blacking Out the Insanity at Evergreen State?0
- Culture
- June 14, 2017
Some readers may be familiar with the weird saga unfolding at Evergreen State College, where a progressive biology professor named Bret Weinstein recently was greeted outside his classroom with chants of “racist” and “white supremacist” by some 50 students. Weinstein’s crime was to go to work one day despite a request by a student
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