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No easy cure for dysfunctional campus sexual culture
Dorm rooms, shower baskets, Frisbees flying through a sun-streaked courtyards — these are traditional iconic images of a college school year'…
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Babies or parts: What science do we want?
We have come a long way since the 2001 controversy over embryonic stem cell research. Back then, we witnessed heated public debates…
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The power of knowledge in every century
"Knowledge is power," Sir Francis Bacon famously said. Although he may have had a more pragmatic, empirical approach in mind,…
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Candy Carson: The anti-Michelle Obama
After nearly eight years of the East Wing's politics of mope and complain, it's refreshing to see a…
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Lawyers playing in left field
Brace yourselves: Attorneys at America's largest law firms are far to the left of the American political center. That'…
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The real Clarence Thomas
Black lives matter, unless you're Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The left is renewing its venomous, racist attacks on Thomas…
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Hate speech and the First Amendment
"Free speech," though one of the more ubiquitous legal terms du jour, is also widely misunderstood. There are a number…
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Defund progressivism
National Review magazine had Carly Fiorina on its cover recently, with the headline "Carly the Communicator." The lead story featured…
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Sesame Street’s commercial success proves PBS never needed public funds
The churning of market forces in television are once again forcing the question of why Americans are spending hundreds of millions of…
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Blue state gone purple: Is Massachusetts liberalism in decline?
Like Danny Zuko in "Grease," progressives in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have got chills and they're multiplyin'…
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Re-Imagining September 11
A thought experiment: Place yourself back where you were the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The sky is that clear humidity-free…
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Bane of Blaine spreading across the plains
Never heard of the proposed Blaine Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? Neither have most Americans. And even if you'd…
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Target missing the mark with gender sign changes
As summer draws to a close, moms are making back-to-school lists for new clothes and school supplies. But when they…
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Unsolicited advice to the young
Many young people today are discovering that a college degree no longer guarantees a quality job and entrance into the middle class.…
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Academic fascism
George Orwell said, "There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them." If one wants to…
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Is America the next Greece?
I'm asked every day if America is the next Greece or Detroit or Puerto Rico — and the answer is an…
