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Why Are So Many People Lighting off Fireworks?1
- Culture
- June 30, 2020
The number of fireworks being lit off at night is out of control this year. While people often light off fireworks close to the Fourth of July, this year fireworks have been lit in large numbers starting weeks earlier. New York City had a 4,000 percent increase in fireworks complaints in the first two weeks
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Blue States Have Been Hit Much Harder by COVID-19 0
- Politics
- June 30, 2020
In March, data guru Nate Silver wrote about the different ways blue states and red states were experiencing the COVID-19 epidemic, noting that “states Clinton won do have considerably more total reported cases.” COVID-19 was not just a blue state problem though. Silver pointed out that cases in red states were increasing far more rapidly.
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Hillary Was Right About BLM 0
- Politics
- June 30, 2020
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, you may have noticed that some of your white friends and family members engaged in an odd ritual: They filled their social media pages with confessional screeds acknowledging their white privilege and vaguely promising “to do better,” to listen more, and so on and so forth ad nauseam.
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J.K. Rowling and the Close-Mindedness of Sloganeering 0
- Culture
- June 30, 2020
J.K. Rowling can’t seem to escape the magical land of politically correct shaming. The famous author of the Harry Potter series is back in the news, this time inadvertently pulling fellow author Stephen King into the fray. Unfortunately, King seems unable to stand against the mob as well as Rowling. Rowling first ran afoul of the Twitter mob several weeks ago
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The Designated Hitter Is Another Blow to American Culture 0
- Culture
- June 30, 2020
Last week Major League Baseball announced its upcoming return, but they’ve implemented a few new rules, including forcing the designated hitter rule upon the National League, by which pitchers are denied an opportunity to hit in favor of a batter who does not play a position on the field. This implementation is another brutalist blow
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In the Name of Tolerance, California Blacklists Idaho 0
- Culture
- June 29, 2020
In a bizarre show of authoritarianism – even for them – California state officials have decided to ban state-funded travel to Idaho because of its transgender law. In a press release, California’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra, said: “Where states legislate discrimination, California unambiguously speaks out. The state of Idaho has taken drastic steps to undermine the rights of
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