Culture

Baltimore’s Homicide Rate Is Ten Times Larger Than the U.S. Rate 0
- Culture
- August 2, 2019
Donald Trump in recent days has repeatedly attacked the city of Baltimore for its very low quality of life, denouncing it as “rodent-infested” and noting it has a very, very high homicide rate. It’s difficult to find reliable stats on Baltimore’s rodent population per capita, but we can consult the FBI crime data on Baltimore’s
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Roadschooling: The Latest Education Frontier?0
- Culture
- August 1, 2019
Christine Lindstrom and her family have been a part of the roadschooling movement for the last three years. This relatively recent phenomenon has much in common with traditional homeschooling. The place of education, however, just happens to be on wheels. When asked why she didn’t think the public school system was the right option for
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And Then They Came for the Left’s Sacred Symbols 0
- Culture
- August 1, 2019
All throughout history, winners have destroyed the creations of losers. And yet that same history tells us that the wheel has a way of turning, as losers sometimes become winners. And so perhaps those who would destroy someone else’s stuff should stop and reflect on the possibility that the next stuff to be destroyed could
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The ’30 Days of Gas Station Food’ Experiment Holds an Important Nutritional Lesson for Americans 0
- Culture
- August 1, 2019
For most of human history, the primary concern of most people was getting enough food to eat. The invention of capitalism finally enabled the majority of people in market-based societies to focus on higher pursuits. Ironically, capitalism is now widely blamed for causing obesity—because of the availability of fast food, “food deserts,” or simply because
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Hacking Homo Sapiens 0
- Culture
- July 31, 2019
“Live your best life” is one of those sayings that people like to pass around like a verbal head cold. No one is sure who started it, but they’re all too eager to pass the phrase on anyway. What’s never addressed is what “your best life” looks like. Never fear, Elon Musk is here. He
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Tulsi’s Last Stand 0
- Culture
- July 31, 2019
It was already one of the most memorable moments of the Democratic presidential debates in this young election cycle. “Leaders as disparate as President Obama and President Trump have both said they want to end U.S. involvement in Afghanistan but it isn’t over for America,” observed moderator Rachel Maddow. “Why isn’t it over? Why can’t
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