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The Bureaucracy Is Now More Powerful Than Congress 0
- Education
- December 2, 2016
Who creates federal laws? Civics books say it is Congress, but the real answer today may be the executive branch. Earlier this year, James Gattuso and Diane Katz reported that just the 229 major regulations issued since 2009 added over $100 billion in annual costs (according to the regulatory agencies), $22 billion coming in 2015. With estimates of the
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Why Donald Trump Should Heed Plato on Foreign Policy 0
- History
- December 2, 2016
Looking ahead to what will be the most defining feature of the Trump administration, Pat Buchanan has noted that it is “Time for a Trump Doctrine.” With Hillary Clinton’s defeat, the nation has the opportunity to resolve the tension between the Obama Doctrine (that the U.S. is not responsible for the management of the Middle
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C.S. Lewis on How the Ego Thwarts Prayer 0
- Culture
- December 2, 2016
Do you ever pray? Pew Research recently posed that question to Americans and found that if the U.S. was a village composed of 100 people, just a little more than half would pray daily. Twenty-one percent would pray weekly or monthy, while 23 percent rarely would. I found this scenario interesting, particularly when viewed in
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The Washington Post’s Weird Descent into McCarthyism 0
- International
- December 2, 2016
Earlier this week, Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi took the extraordinary step of blasting one of America’s most distinguished media institutions in a story headlined: “The Washington Post ‘Blacklist’ Story Is Shameful and Disgusting.” Taibbi slammed the Post for picking up a narrative spun by an anonymous “anti-propaganda organization” called PropOrNot. The shadow group, which
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Mike Rowe on the College President Who Ditched the Flag 0
- Culture
- December 2, 2016
The other day, Mike Rowe, famed host of the Dirty Jobs show, made some interesting comments on the issue of flag removal and burning that’s been occurring on various college campuses. Per usual, Rowe’s comments challenged politically correct thinking and pointed out blatant inconsistencies: “At Hampshire College, The President, Jonathan Lash, has actually removed the
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Women Commit a Shockingly High Percentage of Sex Crimes 0
- Culture
- December 1, 2016
The Atlantic has an interesting report that seems to defy the conventional wisdom on sex crime and gender. New academic research suggests that women commit a stunningly high percentage of sex crimes. Via the Atlantic: Two years ago, Lara Stemple, Director of UCLA’s Health and Human Rights Law Project, came upon a statistic that surprised her:
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