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Norway’s Children Are Being Taken from Their Homes 0
- Culture
- April 15, 2016
For most parents the thought of Child Protective Services showing up on the doorstep is terrifying. It’s even more terrifying when you believe you are innocent of the charges brought against you. That’s the case with a Romanian-Norwegian couple known as Marius and Ruth Bodnariu. Shortly before Christmas last year, Mrs. Bodnariu was alarmed when
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The Big Problem with Incest isn’t Genetic 0
- Culture
- April 15, 2016
Generally speaking, when individuals consider whether or not incest is acceptable or not, the first thought goes to genetics. Quite quickly, images of malformed backwoods-types or sickly kings and queens of old come to mind. For that reason, people may say that incest itself is okay as long as there is consent and that protection
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Trump and Hillary: One and the Same?0
- Culture
- April 15, 2016
Through the help of expert handlers, great websites, and well-crafted campaign ads, presidential candidates can make themselves out to be model Democrats or Republicans. But sometimes, those public images of the candidate as ideal conservative or liberal are belied by their own words. In a newly released study from the American Enterprise Institute, Weifeng Zhong
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7 Relevant Quotes for Tax Day 0
- Economics
- April 15, 2016
1. “We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” – Winston Churchill, 1905 2. “[N]o taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant….” – George Washington, 1796
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Why Do Religious People Tend to Be Happier?0
- Culture
- April 15, 2016
The results of a Pew Forum Survey, posted last week indicate that “highly religious people” are, on average, more engaged with family, volunteer more, and are happier overall than non-religious people. Before anybody concludes that “religion” is better than irreligion, however, three fair questions need to be raised and pondered. First, is this study isolated,
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Is America Ripe for a Dictator?0
- History
- April 15, 2016
The creeping accelerating expansion of U.S. executive power and the state of the 2016 presidential primary has respected academics and pundits—on both the left and the right—a little nervous. Charges of an inevitable slide of republicanism to authoritarianism to dictatorship have been all the rage in 2016. Donald Trump has been the most prominent target
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