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Manners, Like Markets, Are Beautiful 0
- Culture
- October 19, 2016
There was a strange moment in the second debate when a question was posed to both candidates. Donald Trump deferred to Hillary Clinton for the answer because, he said, “I am a gentlemen.” Sure, he might have spoken ironically or even facetiously (really Donald?), but most people had a vague sense of what he meant.
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Without Self-Education, the West Will Probably Die 0
- Education
- October 19, 2016
In one of my favorite scenes from the movie Seven, Morgan Freeman’s character gets a guard to let him into a library late at night so he can conduct research. While the five members of the library’s night staff are sitting around a desk playing cards he says to them: “Gentlemen, gentlemen… I’ll never understand.
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The Absurdity of Political Correctness Has Reached New Heights 0
- Culture
- October 18, 2016
A few years ago, I put together an amusing collection of stories comparing truly bizarre examples of political correctness and bureaucratic idiocy in the United States and United Kingdom. I was especially impressed (in a you-must-be-joking fashion) that a British job placement office got in trouble for discrimination because they sought “reliable” and “hard-working” applicants.
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10 Things Americans Fear More Than Anything Else 0
- Philosophy
- October 18, 2016
Over the weekend, I picked up one of those rectangular things made up of course paper that has words and images printed on it. What do you call it – ah, yes, a newspaper. The article touched on a Chapman University survey released last week that drew upon a random sample of 1,511 adults from
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America’s Ghost Legions of Idle Men 0
- Culture
- October 18, 2016
The US stock market continues to set new records. Unemployment continues to go down. The United States is now at or near “full employment”. According to a Bloomberg headline last year, “The Jobless Numbers Aren’t Just Good, They’re Great”. But a closer look at economic data by demographer Nicholas Eberstadt reveals something else entirely. While
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Is the Government Too Involved in Child-Rearing?0
- Culture
- October 18, 2016
“I didn’t set out to be a radical, I just wanted my kids swaddled at day care.” That’s according to author and mom of four, Abby Schachter. In a recent video for Reason TV, Schachter admits that swaddling was one of the few things she as a mother felt strongly about when it came to
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