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What’s the Best Way to Deal with a ‘Political Animal’?0
- History
- December 10, 2018
G. K. Chesterton was that rarest of political animals. He was a fellow of firm views and well decided certainties. But he was also someone who always treated those of differing views and certainties with fairness and kindness. (We could use many more of his type these days, couldn’t we?) How did Chesterton manage to
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Harvard Study: Gender Pay Gap Explained Entirely by Work Choices of Men and Women 0
- Culture
- December 10, 2018
“Gender pay gap is worse than thought: Study shows women actually earn half the income of men,” NBC announced recently in reference to a report titled “Still a Man’s Labor Market” by the Washington-based Institute for Women’s Policy Research, which found that women’s income was 51 percent less than men’s earnings. The “Gender Pay Gap” Isn’t What You
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Solid Advice for the Holidays 0
- Culture
- December 10, 2018
Lin-Manuel Miranda is about as liberal as they come. As a major Broadway star, a rising Hollywood actor, and a frequent pop-up on all manner of late-night talk shows and channels, I guess that’s the natural path for the poor dude to follow. Despite his liberal tendencies, I personally think that Lin-Manuel’s twitter account
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Rome Burned and Nero Lost His Empire – What Will Happen to Europe this Century?0
- International
- December 10, 2018
You have doubtless heard the well-worn euphemism that Rome’s emperor at the time, the decadent and unpopular Nero, “fiddled while Rome burned.” The expression of course has a double meaning: Not only did Nero stroke his violin making music while his people suffered, but he was an ineffectual leader in a time of deepening crisis. Europe is burning again, today. Literally and
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What the New Socialists in Congress Need to Know About Poverty 0
- Economics
- December 7, 2018
In a few short weeks, America will welcome the 116th Congress. Among the loud and celebrated voices in the new Congress are those who not only accept socialism as a viable option for America, but also those who celebrate their ties to organizations like the Democratic Socialists of America. Incoming Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New
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Schools Banning Parents from Lunchtime Visits 0
- Education
- December 7, 2018
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