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Good News: Some Reasons to Celebrate the New Year 0
- Culture
- January 2, 2020
Let’s jump into 2020 by looking at some good news. In The Spectator, Matt Ridley reports we’ve just had the best decade in human history. He kicks off his article with this paragraph: Let nobody tell you that the second decade of the 21st century has been a bad time. We are living through the greatest improvement in
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2019 Was a Bad Year for ‘Only Cops Should Have Guns’0
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- January 2, 2020
On December 29, an armed gunman entered the West Freeway Church of Christ in Texas and shot two members of the congregation. Within six seconds, a third member of the congregation drew a weapon and shot the gunman dead. The events were captured on live-streamed video, with the dramatic events – in the minds of many observers – highlighting
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Disney’s Journey Toward the Dark Side Is Complete 0
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- December 31, 2019
Note: Spoilers ahead for those who haven’t seen “The Rise of Skywalker” When Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012, they quickly made their intentions for the universe as a whole very clear. A new Star Wars film every two to three years and further adventures into television as well. Great news right? Then a monumental change came in
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Breaking a Bad Habit Starts With Silence 0
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- December 31, 2019
If your New Year’s resolutions include breaking a bad habit, the odds are stacked against you. According to habits expert James Clear, “depending on where you get your numbers, somewhere between 81 percent and 92 percent of New Year’s Resolutions fail.” I won’t promise you a simple fix to break a habit. I do want to
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Six Reasons for Optimism in 2020 0
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- December 30, 2019
“The 2010s have been the best decade ever. The evidence is overwhelming.” Those are the words of Cato Institute senior fellow Johan Norberg, penned in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. Norberg’s words seem hyperbolic at first glance, but he may be right. In many ways, the world is getting better every day, and
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Little Women 2019: Another Feckless Feminist Rendering 0
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- December 30, 2019
There’s a lot to love in Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s timeless classic, Little Women. The film boasts a stunning score by Alexandre Desplat, breathtaking cinematography, and a star-studded cast including Emma Watson, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern, and Saoirse Ronan. But by taking Alcott’s heartwarming story to “new feminist heights,” Gerwig has abandoned some
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