Politics

The Native Americans Who Owned Slaves 5
- Politics, History
- June 12, 2023
Did you know that the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery did not apply to all slaves? Most see slavery as a simple black-vs.-white issue. But those who do may not realize that the “Five Civilized Tribes” of the southeast — Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole — also participated in the institution of slavery. Because these tribes
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Let Your Kids Waste Some Time 0
- Politics, Education
- June 9, 2023
Meet Rod Brooks, a guy whose life story embodies the big idea: What we do as kids, just for fun, is developmental GOLD. It can help us discover our deepest interests, hone our hidden talents and take us to truly strange and wonderful places. So, Rod. Rod grew up in Adelaide, Australia, in the ’50s
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Environmentalism and the Immoral Low Ground 0
- Politics, Science
- June 8, 2023
Last month, the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency proposed new power plant regulations that would put harsh limits on the amount of carbon dioxide released while producing electricity. This comes from the same administration pushing to electrify all parts of daily life, from driving to cooking. As if slamming the power grid with artificial demand is not enough, now the
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DeSantis Reminds Public Universities of an Uncomfortable Truth 0
- Politics, Education
- June 7, 2023
“He who pays the piper calls the tune” is a familiar proverb. Wiktionary tells us it means that “The person paying for something is the one who gets to say how it should be done.” It’s difficult if not impossible to argue against its wisdom. What’s the alternative? I suppose it would be something like,
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Singing: Our Battle Cry of Truth and Hope 0
- Politics, Culture
- June 6, 2023
By now you may have seen the video of a children’s choir singing the national anthem in the U.S. Capitol rotunda. The children are seemingly well-trained, and their training is made ever more beautiful by the acoustics of their surroundings. What’s unique about this video, however, is not their singing, but the fact that the
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‘Be Fruitful and Multiply’ Isn’t Just Christian Teaching. It’s How Civilizations Survive.0
- Politics, Family
- June 5, 2023
Demography nerds assiduously follow the data popping up about fast-ageing societies, their loss of dynamism and prospects of population collapse. With each successive generation significantly smaller than the last, we know where we’re headed. While population collapse is an environmentalist’s dream, it is an unfolding nightmare for humanity at large. The world’s economic engine, the
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