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Facts. Facts matter. "Of all the tragic facts about the history of slavery, the most astonishing to an American today is that, although slavery was a worldwide institution for thousands of years, nowhere in the world was slavery a controversial issue prior to the 18th century. People of every race and color were enslaved – and enslaved others. White people were still being bought and sold as slaves in the Ottoman Empire, decades after American blacks were freed."
“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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In the new ‘victimocracy,’ claiming grievances yields power
After my family and I immigrated to Canada from India in 2004, we faced several obstacles to success. We weren’t acculturated to Western norms and conventions, my mom couldn’t transfer her college …
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They Built a Utopian Sanctuary in a Minneapolis Hotel. Then They Got Evicted.
“When I visited the old Sheraton again, a few days after homeless people had moved in, the utopian air of the project had been overwhelmed by need: The operation was still impressive, but it seemed now that there were too many residents with too many problems.”
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The Obsolete Man and Totalitarianism
Not ironically, the state is fully aware that its philosophical roots are in dictatorships of the past. The Chancellor acknowledges quite openly that their predecessors include Hitler and Stalin, but says that they did not go far enough.
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Are we headed towards cultural doom?
This cancel culture phenomenon that’s been foisted upon us is a manifestation of true evil, of both intent and results. I have no doubt that, if it’s allowed to continue unchecked, we will be headed for a fate as bad as that of othe
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The Dark Side of Gene Editing and Crisper
Americans have celebrated the fact that the Biden administration is embracing science and returning the country to evidence-based policymaking.
