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‘Empathy’ Might Be the Most Overused Word in the English Language (See Chart)0
- Culture
- May 16, 2017
“You completely lack empathy.” This was what a longtime acquaintance said to me a few months ago after I shared on Facebook a quote from Jeffrey Tucker, a prominent libertarian scholar, which touched on federalism and Donald Trump’s rescinding of an executive order on transgender discrimination. The comment stuck in my craw. I place high
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Camille Paglia: Neo feminism teaching women to live in ‘a permanently juvenile condition’0
- Culture
- May 16, 2017
Not long ago, feminist scholar and activist Camille Paglia made waves when she excoriated those who insist on the use of genderless pronouns: “How dare you, you sniveling little maniac, tell us how we’re going to use pronouns. Go take a hike!” Now Paglia is back with some more surprising – and politically incorrect –
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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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