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  • Let’s Bring Back the Chief and Stop Littering

    Let’s Bring Back the Chief and Stop Littering0

    On a recent trip from Virginia to Indiana, the friend who was driving me commented on the trash alongside the expressways. With the exception of Route 30’s lightly traveled parts, he was right. Plastic bags, fast-food wrappers, beer bottles, and other debris uglified the roadways.            The motel where we stayed

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  • The Exodus From U.S. Cities Is Gaining Speed, New Census Data Show

    The Exodus From U.S. Cities Is Gaining Speed, New Census Data Show6

    America’s largest metro areas saw massive declines in population, new U.S. Census Bureau data show. Three of the top five metros that saw sharp declines between July 1, 2020, and July 1, 2021 were in California. Leading the way was the Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area, which lost 176,000 residents, a 1.3 percent drop. Next

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  • Petulant Students Do Not a Utopia Make

    Petulant Students Do Not a Utopia Make0

    For several years, tantrums over allegedly unacceptable speakers were par for the course on college campuses. While the pandemic quelled the noise of these protests for a while, the recent revival of classes and extracurricular activities on campuses promises to kick the canceling back into high gear. In fact, it has already begun. Exhibit A

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  • The Unwanted Visitor Coming to Breakfast

    The Unwanted Visitor Coming to Breakfast0

    An aged Indian, an elderly woman, and her granddaughter are prisoners of a band of Comancheros in the film The Outlaw Josey Wales. The old woman, dragged behind a wagon, is almost dead from exhaustion when the chief notices Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) watching them from a nearby hill. “Get ready, little lady,” he says.

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  • Laughing at Times to Come

    Laughing at Times to Come0

    The last year has taught me that pretty much whenever I see a news item that Twitter sees fit to fact check, the truth is likely to be the exact opposite of what they say it is. The same is probably true of many other news sources. Just like a garbage dump in the heat

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  • Don’t Let Big Tech Hide the Truth from You

    Don’t Let Big Tech Hide the Truth from You0

    The New York Times editorial board declared on Friday that people should be able to express “unpopular” positions without being canceled or “shut out of public discourse.” A free flow of information is essential for democracy to function, the editors argued. The Times declaration under the headline “America Has a Free Speech Problem” marks a

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