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Our Politics Now: Up vs. Down, Not Left vs. Right 0
- Politics
- December 28, 2018
If you were to view the evolution of politics in the West in traditional left versus right terms, you undoubtedly would see the political preferences of most people have shifted leftward. Just look at how most Americans view federal spending: total government spending (federal, state, and local) accounts for 37.7 percent of the country’s overall
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Human Freedom Index 2018 0
- Culture
- December 27, 2018
“ Cato Instituteâ€™s scholars Tanja PorÄnikÂ and Ian VÃ¡squez have recently released the 2018 Human Freedom Index (HFI), a report where the authors look at freedom in the world using data from 2016. The HFI ranks countries from most to least free after analyzing 79 indicators related to personal and economic freedom. Here are five graphs
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Six Ways to Teach and Practice Gratitude 1
- Culture
- December 27, 2018
Kindness means thinking of others and acting in ways that contribute to their happiness. Complaining certainly doesn’t do that. If you’ve been trying to make kindness part of your family culture and there’s still a lot of complaining, it’s time to take further steps to teach and practice gratitude. Here are 6: 1. Discuss as a family
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What a Woman 0
- Culture
- December 27, 2018
Fierce. Honest. Libertarian. Author and professor Camille Paglia speaks her own mind, uses logic rather than histrionics to make her arguments, and is unafraid of blowback from her critics. Though a lifelong Democrat and a supporter of Bernie Sanders, she refused to vote for Hilary Clinton, regarding her as a “liar.” She has called into
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15 Things You Should Know about the 2018 Partial Government Shutdown 0
- Economics
- December 27, 2018
1. What just happened? On Friday, the federal government entered a partial shutdown after the Senate failed to pass a spending bill that includes border wall funding. President Trump refuses to sign any additional funding that does not include $5.1 billion in additional money to pay for an extension of the border wall, allowing him
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How to Protect Californians from Wildfires 0
- Politics
- December 27, 2018
The release of the U.S. Climate Science Special Report—with its warning of worsening U.S. natural disasters—has sparked a renewed cry for global efforts to fight climate change. In California, outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown was quick to identify climate change (i.e., global warming) as the culprit behind the deadliest wildfire season the Golden State has seen.
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