Culture

One Simple Plan to Undermine Socialism 0
- Culture
- April 10, 2019
The United States is in the midst of a national intellectual crisis. Popular support for the path to destitution and tyranny—the path followed by Venezuela, Cuba, and the former Soviet Union—is at an astonishing 77 percent among Democrats. Most young Americans prefer socialism to capitalism. The next election might not result in a socialist president, but the gains being
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What I Learned When My Students Began Jumping Rope 1
- Culture
- April 9, 2019
By now the outcry has been heard and confirmed: Children need recess or other forms of physical activity to thrive in school. But I could have told you that. As a veteran teacher, I stumbled on this fact in my own classroom quite by accident. Years ago my students took the required, but now defunct,
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The Zone of Adulthood 0
- Culture
- April 9, 2019
Like some of you, I suffer from insomnia. Try as I might, sometimes I just can’t close the deal when I put head to pillow. It started in my teens; I would take a walk or swim in an effort to get tired out enough for sleep. But the passage of time has granted me
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Fox News Isn’t the Problem, It’s the Media’s Obsession with Fox News 0
- Culture
- April 9, 2019
The American press seems fixated on Fox News and its owners, the Murdoch family. Recently, The New York Times purported to explain “How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World.” This followed The New Yorker’s investigation into the “making of the Fox News White House.” Both articles claim to reveal the true political impact
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A Scrunchie-Wearing Man Just Doesn’t Cut It 3
- Culture
- April 8, 2019
If you lived through the 1990s, then you endured some repellent clothing trends. Mom jeans. Denim overalls. Flannel shirts. Scrunchies. I rocked that last one. I still remember my favorite: green with little white daisies on it. To my surprise, I discovered this trend is returning… and not just for women, either. According to The
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Four Reasons ‘You’re a Hater’ Has Become Fashionable Slander 0
- Culture
- April 8, 2019
Hatred has been having a boom time. No insult cuts us more deeply than “you’re a hater”. It means that you are intransigent, intolerant, bigoted and probably a secret nose-picker. “You’re a hater” (or its close cousin, “you’re a bigot”) shuts down all dialogue and turns the alleged hater into a pariah. It was not
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