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Ban Burqas? Don’t be Too Hasty0
- Culture
- June 29, 2018
The Netherlands parliament recently banned facial coverings (including burqas and niqabs) in some public place. But isn’t such a ban a direct attack on Muslims and their religious freedom? That depends on which side you talk to. As one German news outlet puts it: “Proponents of the law argue it was necessary for security
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YouTube Refuses to Take Down ‘Baby Raping’ Video—As It Cracks Down on Instructional Gun Videos0
- Entertainment
- June 29, 2018
A federal judge recently pushed back on Twitter’s legal assertion that the company can ban any user any time for any reason. The case raises interesting practical questions about censorship and social media. Twitter, after all, is hardly the only social media giant using questionable judgment in how it censors users. In Sweden, uproar is
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What Lincoln Foresaw Would Occur If Maxine Waters, Others Got Their Way With Mob Justice0
- Culture
- June 28, 2018
In 1836, at the Young Men’s Lyceum in Springfield, Illinois, a 28-year-old lawyer named Abraham Lincoln delivered one of his finest addresses. Lincoln condemned the sharp increase of mobs in America, which had exploded in number as the debate over slavery and regional animosity intensified. “Accounts of outrages committed by mobs, form the every-day news
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3 Ways to be a Great Friend as Told by Alcuin of York0
- Culture
- June 28, 2018
If you are looking for “rules for life,” then you might want to start with Alcuin of York, an 8th century cleric. Never heard of him? You should have. Alcuin was Charlemagne’s secretary of education and the driving force behind the “Carolingian Renaissance.” Charlemagne, the First Holy Roman Emperor (815), was convinced that a revival
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Why ‘Boring’ Summers are the Latest Trend in Parenting0
- Culture
- June 28, 2018
A dear friend of mine grew up in a large family and long summer days are one of her fond memories. Her mother would shoo the entire clan out the door and tell them to go play. They were not to come back inside unless it was an emergency. If they were thirsty, they could
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Schools Have Created a Generation of Permit Pattys and BBQ Beckys0
- Culture
- June 28, 2018
It seems like every week there’s a new Permit Patty (a grown woman who called the police on an eight-year-old selling water without a permit), BBQ Becky (another grown woman who called the police on a man BBQing without a permit), or someone who calls the police on a lemonade stand. Beyond being an irritant and
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