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The Other Half of the Jacob Blake Conversation 0
- Culture
- September 16, 2020
It’s time to talk about Jacob Blake and policing reform. No, I mean the other half of that conversation. The part where we ask what Jacob Blake did wrong and why it matters. We cannot have meaningful policing reform if we pretend that law enforcement officers do not see our actions as civilians from a
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Elon Musk Goes Full Tony Stark On ‘Modern Day Robber Baron’ Claim 0
- Economics
- September 16, 2020
Tesla founder Elon Musk is often compared to Tony Stark, the self-described “genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist” who fights bad guys in his high-tech “Iron Man” suit in the Marvel movies, as played by Robert Downey, Jr. It’s no wonder, given that Downey, Jr. partially based his characterization of Stark on Musk. The similarities between Musk
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Critical Race Theory Is Just the Tip of Woke Government Training 0
- Education
- September 16, 2020
The Trump Administration put critical race theory on notice this month. The White House issued a directive outlawing the inclusion of exercises based on this theory in government training. “These types of ‘trainings’ not only run counter to the fundamental beliefs for which our Nation has stood since its inception, but they also engender division
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Unplugging From Reality: Have Some of Us Lost Our Minds?0
- Culture
- September 16, 2020
My Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary is no longer new – it was published in 1986 – most of the time my online dictionary suffices. Once in a blue moon, however, I flip open my trusty Webster’s. The word I was hunting this time was psychosis, which this faded red volume defines as “fundamental mental derangement (as paranoia)
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Divorced With Kids and COVID 0
- Family
- September 16, 2020
Even in the best of times, it’s difficult for divorced or separated parents to cooperate in raising their children. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated what are already fraught circumstances in this regard. The Washington Post brought to my attention a public health concern of the pandemic which I had not thought of before. Surprisingly, coming from
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Kansas City Fans Were Right to Boo at Chiefs’ Opening Game 0
- Entertainment
- September 15, 2020
The media in its “reporting” of NFL fans’ reaction to wokeness on the football field lets us know what “good people” should think. Just take a look at a few headlines: From NBC News: K.C. Chiefs fans’ booing moment of unity for ‘ongoing fight for equality’ mars NFL home opener The Kansas City Star: After shameful boos
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