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Nancy Pelosi and the 25th Amendment 0
- Politics
- October 16, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to get rid of Donald Trump. She apparently does not have faith in the voters. Instead, she is proposing legislation to create a commission under the 25th Amendment so Congress can remove the Trump from office. She claims that since his coronavirus treatment, Trump is in an altered state of
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Elon Musk on Lockdowns: ‘Sweden Was Right’0
- Politics
- October 16, 2020
When people think of polarizing countries, Sweden rarely leaps to mind. At least that was the case before 2020. Sweden’s decision to take a “lighter touch” to the coronavirus pandemic – foregoing strict lockdowns and relying primarily on social responsibility to encourage social distancing – has made it a lighting rod for criticism. Many commentators
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Minneapolis Public Schools Spend $26K Per Student Annually 0
- Education
- October 16, 2020
Everyone knows that COVID has disrupted the education system like nothing else in recent memory. But as time goes on it appears that this may only be the tip of the iceberg. A recent MPR news report suggests that for Minnesota public schools, declining enrollment is worse than was ever imagined several months ago. Citing
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Four Tips for Teaching Kids to Put Away Their Toys 0
- Family
- October 16, 2020
Kids today have too many toys. All parents, no matter their parenting philosophy, can agree on that. The effect of those toys on the home environment can be utter chaos. An immaculate living room can be ruined within five minutes of children being turned loose to play. “Toddlers have an incredible capacity to make a mess;
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New Study Pegs COVID-19 Crisis Costs at $16 Trillion—So Far 0
- Economics
- October 15, 2020
Estimated costs of the coronavirus pandemic are in. The results are not pretty. A new study co-authored by Harvard economist David M. Cutler and former World Bank chief economist Lawrence H. Summers places the costs of the COVID-19 pandemic north of $16 trillion. “The estimated cumulative financial costs of the COVID-19 pandemic related to the
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The Exceptional Catalog of American Polling Failures 0
- History
- October 15, 2020
The question looms in nearly every U.S. presidential election, even in this year’s race: Could the polls be wrong? If they are, they likely will err in unique fashion. The history of election polling says as much. That history tells of no greater polling surprise than what happened in 1948, when President Harry Truman defied
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