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Kids and Sexuality: Enough Is Enough 0
- Culture
- December 10, 2019
Stop. No, that’s not enough. To paraphrase “the girl” in Hemingway’s story “Hills Like White Elephants,” “Would you please please please please please please please stop?” Second-graders at a swimming pool should not be placed in an adult changing room. Anyone with a grain of sense understands this concept. In Asheville, North Carolina, I used
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Defense Industry Gives More To Bernie Than Any 2020 Candidate 0
- Politics
- December 10, 2019
Despite his frequent votes against defense bills, Senator Bernie Sanders has collected more presidential campaign contributions from defense industry sources than any other candidate, including Donald Trump. That’s according to data on 2020 funding at the OpenSecrets.org website, which is sponsored by the Center for Responsive Politics. As of early December, Sanders had out-collected Trump $172,803 to $148,218 in defense industry
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IG’s Report Is Just Another Opportunity for Partisan Cherry-Picking 0
- Politics
- December 10, 2019
Our two national parties had great expectations about the findings of the Department of Justice’s Inspector General concerning the surveillance operation carried out by the FBI against Donald Trump’s campaign staff. What came out of this newly released report won’t fully satisfy either side. The Democrats were hoping that Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report would
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House Democrats Propose to Impeach Trump for Abuse of Power, Obstructing Congress 0
- Politics
- December 10, 2019
After a two-month investigation, House Democrats announced Tuesday that they have drafted articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on broad charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The vague “abuse of power” charge follows comes after hours of hearings in which House Democrats used criminal terms such as “bribery” and “extortion” to
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What Mark Ruffalo Doesn’t Know About Socialist Movies 0
- Culture
- December 9, 2019
Actor Mark Ruffalo wants us to believe that “Capitalism today is failing us, killing us, and robbing from our children’s future.” Profound hypocrisy and ignorance are behind Ruffalo’s tweet. Capitalism has lifted billions out of poverty and disease. Ruffalo has become a wealthy entertainer because of America’s economic and artistic freedom. Author Peter Schiff exposed
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The Pros and Cons of Kids With Smartphones 0
- Culture
- December 9, 2019
How many of you are thinking of getting your tween a cell phone for Christmas? Because we all know that in the eyes of a tween or teen, a shiny new cell phone under the Christmas tree is even better than Santa. And the pressure is on: everyone at school has a cell phone nowadays.
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