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The Rise and Fall of the American Girl Doll Company?0
- Culture
- February 4, 2019
The other day the American Girl doll store at Minnesota’s Mall of America announced it would be closing its doors. It’s been years since I walked through the store looking for gifts for some young relatives; nevertheless, I still felt a twinge of sadness over the news. Even more disheartening, however, was the reason why
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9 Big Questions About Democratic Socialism 0
- Economics
- February 4, 2019
Democratic socialism is hot in the United States right now. Both the American media and young people seem to be enamored of the thought of steeply progressive, redistributive tax rates designed to achieve some vision of justice. As with most public policy ideas, we tend to get pretty far down the road before we ask
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Modern Men in the City 0
- Culture
- February 4, 2019
What does it mean to be masculine? It’s a question I posed recently to a young man at a coffee shop—let’s call him “Adam.” Adam, about 20, was intensely fixated on a Green Lantern graphic novel at the time. I noticed the book before I noticed Adam. It was a thick black hard covered book furnishing fleshed
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Cheesecake Factory’s Free Cheesecake Disaster Is a Lesson in Scarcity and Prices 0
- Economics
- February 4, 2019
It sounded like a great idea. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, in November Cheesecake Factory announced it was giving away 40,000 pieces of cheesecake to customers who used the DoorDash app to place orders. Giving away, as in free. What could possibly go wrong by giving away 40,000 slices of the most delicious cake on
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Why Does the Federal Government Fail So Miserably Most of the Time?0
- Economics
- February 4, 2019
6.5 M people with active social security numbers are 112 or older. When I spotted this headline in the Washington Times, and misinterpreted it, my heart took a bounce. First came astonishment and joy. With that many men and women living to be 112 or older, and surely many more living at least
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Meet the Philosopher Behind the Ideology of Anti-Fascists 0
- Culture
- February 1, 2019
In our last article on fascism, we promised we would explore the philosophical roots of Antifa in order to better understand how they justify the use of fascist tactics in the name of fighting it. Antifa’s fascist tendencies are apparent by a simple surface diagnosis, but a deeper analysis reveals the bankrupt ideology that fuels
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