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  • The Native Americans Who Owned Slaves

    The Native Americans Who Owned Slaves2

    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 were

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  • Why We Need Second Breakfast: Three Things Hobbits Teach About Friendship

    Why We Need Second Breakfast: Three Things Hobbits Teach About Friendship0

    Are you depressed by the fact that your circle of friends is consistently shrinking? Do you even have a circle of friends? Are you tired of being lonelier than Gollum? The Hobbits, a care-free and peace-loving people from J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world of “The Lord of the Rings,” have three tips for becoming a better

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  • Traveling Backwards: Reparations and the Complications of History

    Traveling Backwards: Reparations and the Complications of History2

    Before the Civil War, several of my ancestors in Western Pennsylvania were staunch abolitionists. They participated in the Underground Railroad, helping escaped slaves from the South make the journey to freedom. During the War itself, several of these same ancestors, fought in that conflict. At least two of them died, along with several hundred thousand

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  • Why the Minimum Wage Can’t Solve the Poverty Problem

    Why the Minimum Wage Can’t Solve the Poverty Problem0

    If wages for those at the bottom are high, you may naturally expect low poverty rates. No matter how you define it, higher wages would most logically relieve poverty levels. This is also the argument made by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). An increase in the minimum wage may very well reduce poverty in the

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  • Midwestern Values: May We Never Lose Them

    Midwestern Values: May We Never Lose Them0

    I spent nearly a week in June in the flyover part of the country – Topeka, Kansas, to be exact – and found it to be a refreshing change. There’s noticeably less snark, whining, self-entitlement, and virtue signaling there than in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I live and work. Several of the friends

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  • The Deafening Silence on Social Security’s Looming Insolvency

    The Deafening Silence on Social Security’s Looming Insolvency0

    As the 2020 presidential campaign heats up, it’s disturbing that members of both parties seem unwilling to talk about Social Security. It appears that the program is on such shaky ground that even its mention is political dynamite. How bad is it? Social Security will become insolvent in just 16 years. Who says so? The

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