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Is Schooling a Public Good?0
- Economics
- January 26, 2017
Critics of the proposed policy to expand private school choice in the United States argue that the government must fund and control schooling since it is a “public good.” This may sound accurate, as we label some schools as “public” and some as “private.” Since we have public schools, schooling must be a public good,
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Systemic Racism or the Collapse of the Family?0
- Culture
- January 26, 2017
Those on the left and right have very different “what’s wrong with America” narratives—especially on the subject of race. The left presumes the pervasiveness of white racism; the right does not. For those on the left, America has always been—and remains—a racist society. Those on the right concede that there are individual racists, white and
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Fact Check: Do 74% of Californians Really Oppose Sanctuary Cities?0
- Culture
- January 26, 2017
This morning, a friend sent me a story from a right-wing news site. It claimed that “74 percent of Californians want to end sanctuary cities.” The statistic didn’t seem to smell right. Seventy-four percent of Californians? The state in which Donald Trump won 33 percent of the vote? The poll ostensibly had been conducted by
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The State Department’s Entire Senior Level of Management Just Resigned 0
- Education
- January 26, 2017
Via The Hill: The State Department’s entire senior level of management officials resigned Wednesday, The Washington Post reported. Patrick Kennedy, the agency’s undersecretary for management who had served in the role for nine years, resigned unexpectedly along with three of his top officials. Assistant Secretary of State for Administration Joyce Anne Barr, Assistant Secretary of
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Are We Already Fighting the 2nd Civil War?0
- Culture
- January 26, 2017
The possibility of another American civil war is something that many raise as a topic of interest, but usually dismiss as remote. But in his most recent column, conservative pundit Dennis Prager goes so far as to say that “America is currently fighting its Second Civil War”: “In fact, with the obvious and enormous
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How to Break the Deadbeat Dad Cycle 0
- Culture
- January 26, 2017
Celebrities may deny it. Feminists may lead us to believe otherwise. But the fact of the matter is, children do much better in life when they have a father to guide them through it. In fact, research shows that children with an active father experience better physical and mental health, better development, and better behavior
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