Culture

Hillary Clinton: Women Have ‘Legitimate Concern’ About Transgender Issue 0
- Culture
- November 15, 2019
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview that transgender issues raise a “legitimate concern” for women. Clinton appeared on BBC Radio4 with her daughter Chelsea Clinton on Tuesday to promote their book “The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience.” They differed in their answers when asked about the subject of
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How Americans Select Their Dictators 0
- Culture
- November 14, 2019
When it comes to selecting a candidate for president, how do you choose? The answer seems like a no-brainer to some: simply choose the person whose ideology most closely aligns with your own. But if a recent article from The Wall Street Journal is any indication, that’s not the way many Americans operate. Instead, they
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Thankful for the Flying Nuns 0
- Culture
- November 14, 2019
My father-in-law recently told a story from one of his frequent work trips. He was in an airport, waiting as we all do, to be processed through the TSA’s security regime. The uniqueness of his wait in line comes from the company he happened upon: a group of nuns. It’s a rather different experience to
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Europe Has Proven Hate Speech Laws Don’t Work 0
- Culture
- November 14, 2019
Periodically, we Americans scratch our chins and ponder the desirability of our exceptionally broad speech protections. In recent months, opinion pieces in both the The New York Times and The Washington Post have suggested that it is time to “rethink” the First Amendment. Both argue that the rise of social media should prompt a reevaluation of our approach to
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The Dark History of Swedish Socialism 0
- Culture
- November 14, 2019
Everyone knows that socialism is newly fashionable as an idea and system. With that has come a certain level of whitewashing of the real history. I’m not just speaking of the totalitarian variety with its poverty, inflation, starvation, and mass death. It’s especially true of the kinder, gentler versions, which turn out to be not
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The End of the Electoral College Is Closer Than You Think 0
- Culture
- November 13, 2019
Two hundred seventy votes. That’s all that’s needed for state legislatures to undermine the checks and balances imposed by the Electoral College. The National Popular Vote bill already has the approval of 16 jurisdictions with 196 votes. Once it hits a majority of the 538 electoral votes (270), it will be a binding agreement among
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