Culture

Parents Stand Up for Children in ‘Sex Ed Sit Out’0
- Culture
- April 26, 2018
Parents across the country pulled their children out of public schools on Monday for the “Sex Ed Sit Out”—a grassroots awakening of frustrated parents who are sick of the sexualization of children in their taxpayer-funded schools. The Sex Ed Sit Out was conceived by Elizabeth Johnston, who blogs at Activist Mommy, and other moms on
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Why America Can’t Figure Out Melania’s Confident Fashion Statements 0
- Culture
- April 25, 2018
The first state dinner hosted by the Trumps was received with great pomp, circumstance, and, per usual, titter over the little details. Perhaps not surprisingly, it was First Lady Melania Trump’s fashion choices that generated a lot of attention. Her gown for the dinner. The black outfit she wore when she visited Mount Vernon. The
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Prof Who Said She’s Happy Barbara Bush Is Dead Didn’t Violate University Policies, Cal State Says 0
- Culture
- April 25, 2018
California State University, Fresno closed its investigation Tuesday into the professor who called former first lady Barbara Bush an “amazing racist” and said she is “happy the witch is dead.” Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro asserted that English professor Randa Jarrar did not violate any of the school’s policies with her remarks, reported the Foundation for Individual Rights in
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Agnostic Philosopher: Religion Is Awesome Emotional Therapy 0
- Culture
- April 25, 2018
Faith and religion get an increasingly bad rap in today’s world. As Pew Research discovered in 2016, roughly a quarter of Americans consider themselves members of the “nones,” a category which classifies people as “atheists, agnostics or ‘nothing in particular.’” This number has risen from ten percent just a few decades ago. However, not everyone
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If Current Laws Had Been Followed, There Would Have Been No Waffle House Shooting 0
- Culture
- April 24, 2018
On Monday afternoon, Tennessee law enforcement officers captured a 29-year-old Illinois man suspected of opening fire on diners at a Nashville Waffle House, despite the man having had his firearms seized on multiple occasions in the last two years. Four people died and several others were wounded by the shooter—who wore nothing but a green
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He Persuaded the Columbine Killers Not to Murder Him 0
- Culture
- April 23, 2018
Nineteen years ago, one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history happened at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Thirteen lives were lost, and 13 families were forever changed. Evan Todd was one of the lucky ones. The first to be shot in the library, he persuaded the shooters not to murder him. “After
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