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The Tax That Closed 3,600 Doctors’ Offices 0
- Economics
- May 31, 2019
A UK tax policy intended to soak the rich has caused highly specialized physicians and surgeons to retire early, depriving more than a million citizens of their services. A new report details the extent to which progressive taxation has harmed British patients. The NHS is in a state of perpetual crisis characterized by doctor shortages,
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The Dictatorship of the Young 0
- Culture
- May 31, 2019
The end of every semester confronts the college instructor with an indignity: reading student “evaluations” of his performance. While the principle of student feedback is sound in theory, the execution exposes the embarrassing frivolity of American culture. Highlights from my literature courses include, and I quote verbatim: “There was too much reading.” “He should not
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Leaving the Peach State Won’t Be so Peachy for Netflix 0
- Culture
- May 31, 2019
Several major studios are considering abandoning Georgia as a film production location in light of Georgia’s recent heartbeat bill. If implemented, the bill would ban the destruction of the life of an unborn child once a heartbeat is detectable. Netflix has come out as the strongest voice against the bill, their chief content officer
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Aldi and the Virtues of ‘Brutal Efficiency’1
- Economics
- May 30, 2019
In recent years, we’ve witnessed a food revolution of sorts, leading to expansive consumer choice and an increasing emphasis on healthy or specialty foods that are locally and ethically sourced. In turn, a flurry of grocery chains have capitalized on such trends, with some stuffing their aisles with countless brands as others focus on “socially
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Graduates, Be Skeptical of Those in Power 0
- Culture
- May 30, 2019
It is graduation season, and with it comes the inevitable commencement speeches that encourage the new graduates to go forth bravely into the world, transform it, and leave their marks. I doubt any college administrators will ever invite someone like me to give such a speech. In some ways, it is for the best. I
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The Three Things Every Good Man Wants to Do for Women 0
- Culture
- May 30, 2019
“Anything you can do, I can do better,” runs the old song from “Annie Get Your Gun.” Although once a humorous look at the battle between the sexes, today the song is a fitting anthem to the reign of girl power in society. Women, it is thought, can and should do everything that men do.
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