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Turkey on the Brink of Democide as Pivotal Referendum Looms 0
- International
- April 4, 2017
The Turkish people will vote in a momentous constitutional referendum on April 16. If adopted, the proposals would drastically alter the country’s political system. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) introduced the 18 proposed changes to the constitution, with the support of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). Together they secured the minimum 330
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3 Lessons Learned from Wisconsin’s War on Foreign Butter 0
- Economics
- April 4, 2017
In February, a number of Irish citizens were surprised to find out that selling Kerrygold butter — a line of butter produced in Ireland — is a criminal offense in Wisconsin. Irish Central reports: Under a 1970 law all butter sold in the state must be subjected to scrutiny by a panel, which recently ruled
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Climate Change is Real, The Proof is in the Politics 0
- Politics
- April 4, 2017
“Most big companies in the U.S. recognize that climate change is real.” So said Geoffrey M. Heal, a professor at Columbia Business School, as quoted in a recent Bloomberg Businessweek article. Of course climate change is real. It has been for thousands, if not millions of years, long before big companies existed, let alone recognized
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One Simple Reason Boys are Failing 0
- Education
- April 4, 2017
One of the prominent narratives in society in recent years concerns the idea that women are falling behind and treated unfairly in the classroom and the workplace. An example of this is the annual “Equal Pay Day,” which highlights the gap in earnings between women and men. But while the plight of women often receives
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Socialist Mechanic Schools Agitators Disrupting Charles Murray Speech 0
- Culture
- April 4, 2017
Charles Murray was heckled and interrupted again, this time at the University of Villanova, where students formed a “silent protest” that was anything but. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) took a video of the scene (see below), which is worth watching for several reasons. Much of the video is standard fare: A
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How Relativism Contradicts Itself 1
- Philosophy
- April 4, 2017
It’s often pointed out that relativism is becoming more prevalent in the West. In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI claimed that the West was building “a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one’s own ego and desires.” But though an attitude of relativism may be
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