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AOC’s Pitch for the Green New Deal Is Unhinged From Reality 0
- Economics
- March 5, 2020
Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently gave an impassioned pitch for her “Green New Deal” on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. After stating that her opponents were misrepresenting the legislation, she read the full text of it into the Congressional Record and claimed that the reason it is “so, so controversial” is “because for years we have prioritized the
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Waiting for a Communist Superman 0
- Culture
- March 5, 2020
In the pursuit of a communist society, many Marxist-Leninist authors have written about the new kind of person who will create this society. This new human being will be a stark contrast to the kind of person that existed in a capitalist system. Once these capitalist chains are removed, mankind will soar to new heights,
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This Isn’t Working: How We View Those We Oppose 0
- Culture
- March 5, 2020
Recently I celebrated my birthday with my son and five of his children. His wife and oldest daughter were visiting relatives, so I pitched in and helped James with the kids. On my birthday we took the kids to a Steak ‘n Shake just north of town. It’s a kid-friendly restaurant and getting grandchildren to
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The Rule of Our Sophisticated Suckers 0
- Culture
- March 5, 2020
“There’s a sucker born every minute,” said P. T. Barnum, expressing, without intending it, the soul of modernist movements in the arts. Donald Trump recently outraged what has been called, without any sense of irony or hyperbole, “the architectural community,” with a directive preferring the federal style for new public buildings in Washington, D.C. That
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On Netflix’s Love is Blind, Mistaken Ideas Are the Villains 0
- Culture
- March 5, 2020
Like millions of others, I couldn’t look away from Netflix’s smash-hit reality show Love is Blind. The contestants were looking for love, but most seemed to hold mistaken beliefs about the nature of love. With their attention riveted on who would make them happy and fulfill their needs, the contestants expressed their feelings: You are the
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Joe Biden, The Comeback Senior Citizen 0
- Politics
- March 4, 2020
California complicates the picture, but former Vice President Joe Biden has staged perhaps the fastest and most impressive comeback in recent American politics. Even if Senator Bernie Sanders comes away with the biggest prizes, Biden has gone from dead man walking to at least a co-frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in just a few days.
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