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Adolescents Have a Fundamental Need to Contribute 0
- Culture
- February 18, 2019
No longer children but not yet adults, adolescents need opportunities to learn and prepare for their entrance into the broader society. But, as schooling increasingly extends the adolescent period and teenagers get dismissed as supposedly selfish and irresponsible, has society forgotten an important developmental need of our youth? As a developmental scientist who focuses on
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Michigan Seeks to Ban Police from Seizing Property from People Who Have Not Been Convicted of Crimes 1
- February 18, 2019
Via the Detroit Free Press: Police and prosecutors would be prohibited from seizing cash and property from people accused of a crime until they are convicted on the charges under a bill passed in the state Senate on Wednesday. The bill—SB 2—is a retread from the last legislative session when then-state Rep. Peter Lucido’s similar
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Report on Covington Students Finds ‘No Evidence’ of ‘Offensive or Racist Statements’0
- Culture
- February 18, 2019
A report that examined the January encounter between students from Covington Catholic High School and a Native American activist near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington found “no evidence” of “offensive or racist statements.” “We see no evidence that students responded with any offensive or racist statements of their own,” the report dated Feb. 11 from the
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What the Magic Kingdom and American Culture Have in Common 0
- Culture
- February 18, 2019
Americans need not visit Orlando to go to Fantasyland. Instead, we can just pop onto the Internet and visit websites offering news and commentary. Day after day these sites trot out delusions concocted and entertained by some of our fellow citizens. If we could construct airships from these flights of fancy, we could touch down
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Marx and Lincoln: Comrades in the Making?0
- Economics
- February 18, 2019
Since Abraham Lincoln is a towering figure in American history, Democrats and Republicans alike seek to cast the man in their own image to support their respective agendas. Both sides might want to be careful with such a move. In reality, Lincoln was far more radical than those on the Left or Right would be comfortable
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Bad Quotes of Some Bad Presidents 0
- Culture
- February 15, 2019
Presidents’ Day is just around the corner. Should we celebrate? People who love liberty and live in a free society don’t bow down and worship politicians. We understand that politicians wield power, to be sure, but we also know they still put their pants on one leg at a time. As President Reagan once put
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