Politics

Amazon Trades Charity for Ideology 0
- Politics, Culture
- February 8, 2023
Eighty-five years ago, Carl Stotz had an epiphany of sorts while he was passing a lazy summer day playing catch with his two nephews and tripped over a lilac bush while chasing a wild pitch. While nursing his wounds he had a flash of brilliance that would forever change the lives of children, families, communities,
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Stephen Curry’s Housing Hypocrisy 1
- Politics, Culture
- February 7, 2023
Stephen Curry is quite the guy. Professional athlete, philanthropist, and social justice advocate—is there anything he can’t do? Apparently there is, seeing as how the NBA player has difficulty practicing what he preaches. Curry came under fire this week after it was revealed that he and his wife oppose the construction of multifamily housing near
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American Lab Rats 0
- Politics, Culture
- February 7, 2023
In January 1790, President George Washington wrote to London author Catherine Macaulay, “The establishment of our new government seemed to be the last great experiment, for promoting human happiness, by creating a reasonable compact, in civil Society.” Since then, any number of writers have referred to the American experiment—often in terms of politics, as Washington
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When Compassion Becomes Coercion 5
- Politics, Culture
- February 6, 2023
The corruption of compassion. It begins with identity groups making appeals to compassion, then progresses to demands for preferential treatment. It ends with the injustice of coerced compassion in the form of special rights, entitlements, and demands for everyone else to promote and endorse the lifestyles and causes of those groups. A recent case in
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The Confused ‘Gender Queer’ World the Left Is Making for Children 0
- Politics, Family
- February 1, 2023
One of my favorite current sources of unintentional humor, NPR, provided another comedy jewel the other day. It was an interview with Maia Kobabe, the author of Gender Queer: A Memoir, a book NPR describes as a “graphic memoir” (meaning it includes illustrations throughout like a comic book). This book has been getting critical attention
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Parents Want a Complete Overhaul of the Education System 2
- Politics, Education
- February 1, 2023
In the wake of COVID-19, people now overwhelmingly believe that the education system’s broader purpose needs to be rethought. This begins with a shift away from standardized testing, college prep and a one-size-fits-all model and toward personalized curricula, practical skills and subject mastery. A new Purpose of Education Index survey released by the Massachusetts-based national
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