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Real Men Wanted 0
- Culture
- March 11, 2022
Another wonder of technology was unveiled recently when marine archaeologists used undersea drones to locate and record the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance. Video footage shows a surprisingly well-preserved ship, its name still intact and clearly visible. Digging up historical artifacts is always fascinating, particularly when those artifacts are tied to a thrilling event like
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Mistrusting Adults, Mistrusting Kids 0
- Culture
- March 11, 2022
The signs on every playground in my city, New York, say this: “Playground rules prohibit adults except in the company of children.” Apparently, any adult who simply wants to watch kids at play could be a creep, so let’s just ban ’em all. Trust has been replaced by disgust. There was a case here a
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Down the Tubes: Our Bungled Healthcare System 0
- Culture
- March 11, 2022
For a good while now, a California nurse, whom I’ll call “Sally,” has sent me occasional emails and texts regarding the abysmal state of our healthcare system, particularly in hospitals such as the one where she works. In a recent text, she told me that her hospital is having to ration certain medications because of
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One Root of Cancel Culture Can Be Found in How We Teach History 0
- Education
- March 10, 2022
Ours is an age in which, when one thinks of undergraduates, one thinks of cancel culture. This was on full display recently when students at the University of North Texas shut down a program that was to discuss the merits and demerits of child sex transitions, surely a debatable issue. Some may wonder how we
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A Holocaust Survivor Warned Us About Blindly Supporting the War on COVID 1
- History
- March 10, 2022
Vera Sharav was three and a half years old when her family was chased from their Romanian home in 1940. She was herded to a concentration camp with her parents, and her father soon died of typhus. To save her daughter’s life, Vera’s mother claimed her daughter was an orphan and sent her away. “I
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Seeing Through the Russia-Ukraine Propaganda 0
- History
- March 9, 2022
“My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth.” George Washington wrote that about war in a letter in 1785, and unfortunately, 200 plus years later, we have yet to see this wish (that so many have fervently joined him in) come to pass. War is a gruesome, banal, horrific
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