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Young People’s Embrace of Socialism Shows Why We Shouldn’t Lower the Voting Age 0
- Politics
- March 19, 2019
The left really wants to give kids the right to vote. This idea is so popular on the left that a majority of House Democrats voted in favor of lowering the voting age to 16. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., endorsed the idea as well. Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “I myself have always been for lowering
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Why We Don’t Have Generic Insulin 0
- Economics
- March 18, 2019
“Why is Narcan free to a dope addict but my insulin is $750 a month?” asks an online meme that has since gone viral. “Humalog cost $21 a vial in 1996 and now that same insulin is $375” claims another meme designed to call for price regulations. While these statements do have some truth behind
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Medieval Wisdom on Healing Personal Discouragement 0
- Philosophy
- March 18, 2019
Who among us has not suffered discouragement, doubt, or sadness? When such feelings arise, we may hope a friend or loved one will help lift our spirit; we are disappointed when they don’t. We may attempt to dull our unhappy feelings through distractions or dysfunctional behavior. Many people when asked can tell you precisely what
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Do Not Pet: The Consequences of Humanizing Animals 0
- Culture
- March 18, 2019
Every so many months it happens again: someone crosses the barrier into a zoo animal’s cage or encounters an animal in the wild, expecting it to be friendly and docile, only to be confronted with the fact that they are called wild animals for a reason. Take the recent instance of an Arizona woman who
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Can Paedophilia Stage a Comeback?0
- Culture
- March 18, 2019
In MercatorNet last week Carolyn Moynihan predicted that paedophilia would make a comeback as a legitimate form of sexual expression, provided that it was loving and consensual. It was, she argued, a natural consequence of the ideology of the Sexual Revolution and that even if it is reviled as the worst of crimes at the
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Single-Payer Healthcare Topples Nordic Government 0
- Economics
- March 18, 2019
Failure to reform the national health system has led the government to collapse in one of the most statist governments following the Nordic model. Prime Minister Juha Sipilä of Finland and his cabinet members have resigned after failing to rein in the nation’s health care costs and provide greater competition. This comes as reports show private citizens in
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