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Opinion
Why the Story Behind ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ Is Both Uplifting and Tragic
The 2017 comedy Daddy’s Home 2 has become one of my family’s favorite Christmas movies. One of the reasons the…
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Opinion
Hitler’s Chilling Words on Means and Ends
The first biography of Adolf Hitler I ever read was John Toland’s 1976 work, Adolf Hitler, which I picked up…
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Opinion
The Story of the Christmas Truce of 1914—and Its Eternal Message
War had already been waging in Europe for months when Pope Benedict issued a plea from Rome on Dec. 7,…
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Opinion
14 Signs of Totalitarianism
We all know the cons of Twitter, but one of the pros is discovering new and interesting people. One of…
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Opinion
Child Services Tells Mother Her Kids Can’t Play Outside by Themselves
Via Reason: Emily Fields’ three kids—a boy, age four, and two girls, ages 6 and 8—were playing outside. The Fields…
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Opinion
How a Third Grade Teacher Used Competition to Fix My Son’s Reading Struggles
In September, I received a message from my third-grade son’s school that he was reading at second-grade level. Some people…
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Opinion
Forcing Railroad Workers to Accept a Contract They’ve Rejected Is Violence
President John F. Kennedy once said it was important to never negotiate out of fear, but added we should never…
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Did Maskless Fans at the World Cup Trigger the Mass Demonstrations in China?
Protests erupted across China in recent days as demonstrators have taken to the streets in what is being described as…
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Opinion
How the ‘Riddle of Steel’ in Conan the Barbarian Reveals the Secret of Power
When I was a teenager, my dad sat me down to watch one of the greatest fantasy films ever made:…
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Opinion
6 Books That Will Rewire Your Brain (in a Good Way)
The novelist Alice Hoffman once observed that books “may well be the only true magic.” Hoffman is not the only…
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Money & The Economy
6 Tips on How to Ask For a Raise
Negotiation has never been a skill of mine. Conversations about money always make me uncomfortable, and rarely have I felt…
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Opinion
Kevin O’Leary on Inflation: You Printed $7 Trillion in 30 Months. What Did you Think Would Happen?
Americans are facing 40-year high inflation and there’s been no shortage of discussion on the topic. It’s the number one…
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Opinion
Who Authorized the Department of Homeland Security to Police Online Speech? Not Congress
When George W. Bush signed the Homeland Security Act in 2002, the goal was to improve national security by strengthening…
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Opinion
Why the Ethics of ‘Would You Kill Baby Hitler?’ Are More Important Than You Probably Think
Though it was well before my time, I always loved watching the original Twilight Zone series. (In fact, I can…
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Opinion
History’s First Libertarian?
The book of Ecclesiastes tells us “there is nothing new under the sun.” The quote reminds us that few things…
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