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Chicago Teachers’ Strike Shows Why We Don’t Need Public Schools 0
- Education
- October 21, 2019
As the Chicago teachers’ strike continues with no end in sight, 300,000 students spend another day outside of the public school classroom. Chicago’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, says this is damaging to children. “We need to get our kids back in school,” the mayor said Thursday, CNN reports. “Every day we are out, that hurts our
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Three Women in the History of Economic Thought 0
- Economics
- October 21, 2019
In a letter to his rival Robert Hooke, Sir Isaac Newton wrote his memorable remark: “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” Shedding light on the accumulative nature of scientific progress, Newton knew his ability to formulate the laws of motion and universal gravitation depended on the discoveries made by those
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California’s War on Citizenship 0
- Politics
- October 21, 2019
California – a one-party state dominated by progressives – has become the model for where progressivism will go when completely unchecked. Now, even the basic concept of citizenship is under full-blown assault as the state has moved on from being a “sanctuary state” for illegal immigrants to outright insisting that noncitizens have the same access to the levers of power
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LeBron James Echoes the American Olympic Officials Who Appeased Hitler 0
- Culture
- October 21, 2019
LeBron James supports the totalitarians in China. James believes Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey “was either misinformed or not really educated on the situation,” when he tweeted support of those fighting for civil liberties in Hong Kong. James chastised Morey: There are ramifications for the negative that can happen when you’re not thinking about others,
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Climate Change Fears of Teen Activist Are Empirically Baseless 0
- Politics
- October 18, 2019
At a recent United Nations summit, 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg claimed that the Earth is on the brink of destruction and that older generations are betraying younger ones by not doing enough to stop climate change. The media has amplified these allegations by giving her speech broad, glowing coverage, but the fears she expressed are not grounded in reality.
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Chicago Unions Fight for Their Survival 0
- Culture
- October 18, 2019
Classes in Chicago’s public schools were canceled starting Oct. 17 as more than 25,000 teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district went on strike in what they’re calling a fight for “justice and equity” for their students. The strike, the city’s first in seven years, marks what has been a tumultuous year for labor negotiations
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