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  • Our Database of Police Officers Who Shoot Citizens Reveals Who’s Most Likely to Shoot

    Our Database of Police Officers Who Shoot Citizens Reveals Who’s Most Likely to Shoot0

    In the debate over fatal police shootings of minority citizens, one theme is persistent: White officers, rather than nonwhite officers, are primarily responsible for black Americans being shot by the police. For example, look to Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s handling of the recent shooting of black resident Eric Logan in his hometown of South

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  • Epstein’s Entente: The Four Biggest Names in the Scandal

    Epstein’s Entente: The Four Biggest Names in the Scandal0

    Following his arrest on July 6 for charges relating to sex trafficking, billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was denied bail on July 15. Judge Richard Berman cited multiple concerns:   “Mr. Epstein’s alleged excessive attraction to sexual conduct with or in the presence of minor girls — which is said to include his

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  • The Secret Lives of Robopets

    The Secret Lives of Robopets0

    There has been a great disturbance in the force, like a million chirpy robot voices crying out for owners. In every day terms, we are facing what Wired terms “the second coming of robot pets.” This surge in companion robots is exemplified in a cutesy little bot called Kiki, whose appeal (beyond being utterly adorable)

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  • Melinda Gates’ Love Letter to the Pill

    Melinda Gates’ Love Letter to the Pill0

    “Contraceptives are the greatest life-saving, poverty-ending, women-empowering innovation ever created.” That’s the message of Melinda Gates, wife of one of the world’s richest men, in her new book The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World. In The Moment of Lift, Melinda tells the story of her philanthropic work, particularly with the Bill

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  • Yes, Parents Are Capable of Choosing How Their Children Should Be Educated

    Yes, Parents Are Capable of Choosing How Their Children Should Be Educated0

    At the heart of debates around education freedom and school choice is the subtle but sinister sentiment that parents can’t be trusted. They are too busy, too poor, or too ignorant to make the right decisions for their kids, and others know better how to raise and educate children. Never mind that parents have successfully

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  • Don’t Feel Bad About Using the Self Checkout

    Don’t Feel Bad About Using the Self Checkout0

    Have you’ve seen a meme exhorting you not to use self-checkout because it impoverishes workers who are replaced by unfeeling scanners? There is no harm in making that choice. But if we remember our lessons from Frederic Bastiat, we can see why the rationale behind the campaign is absurd.  Why should we stop with the

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