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Apocalypse Now: Be Careful What You Wish For0
- International
- August 6, 2019
On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later, another American aircraft dropped a bomb on Nagasaki. Six days later, the Japanese government surrendered unconditionally to the United States and her allies. Historians have long debated whether this use of nuclear weapons was
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Baltimore Is a Mess. Here Are 3 Big Issues the City Faces0
- Politics
- August 6, 2019
Baltimore is dysfunctional. This is essentially what President Donald Trump tweeted out in less pleasant terms that became a national story. In a series of tweets, Trump lambasted Rep. Elijah Cummings, D.-Md., and his congressional district in Baltimore, calling it a “dangerous and filthy place.” Rep, Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting
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No, Tariffs Won’t Ruin Christmas0
- Economics
- August 6, 2019
President Trump says he will impose a 10 percent tariff on $300 billion worth of Chinese imports beginning September 1. The tariff would affect consumer goods primarily, according to an analysis by Goldman Sachs. Cue the histrionics. The Washington Post laments that these tariffs will ruin America’s “holiday” shopping season. The Post cites a study claiming that the price
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Google Is Burying Alternative Health Sites to Protect People from ‘Dangerous’ Medical Advice0
- Culture
- August 6, 2019
In Ray Bradbury’s classic novel Fahrenheit 451, firemen don’t put out fires; they create fires to burn books. The totalitarians claim noble goals for book burning. They want to spare citizens unhappiness caused by having to sort through conflicting theories. Censorship Is Control The real aim of censorship, in Bradbury’s dystopia, is to control the
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Mass Shootings: Fallout From a Culture Where Anything Goes and Nothing Matters0
- Culture
- August 6, 2019
My editor at Intellectual Takeout, Annie Holmquist, wrote to me the Monday after back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio to ask if I might write a column about these horrific murders. She and some of the staff were discussing the shootings and found themselves asking the following questions: Why are young
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When Nominalists Curl in the Squat Rack0
- Culture
- August 5, 2019
A gentleman at my gym recently took it upon himself to perform sets of standing barbell curls in a squat rack. This type of disordered behavior really aggravates me. A colleague of mine playfully jested with this degenerate: “Hey man, why you curling in the squat rack? There should be laws against that!” I joined
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