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from The Babylon Bee [Satire]
Leaving The Bistro restaurant midday Tuesday after lunch with some girlfriends, Lauren Willis was subjected to a selfish and demeaning gesture: a smiling, middle-aged, narrow-minded, obtuse, sexist pig of a man held the door open for her.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
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Why the English Major Is Dying
Colleges and universities have begun to structure their curriculum mainly to keep the student loan money rolling in, often ignoring rigor – hence the lesser need for full-time teachers. The somewhat predictable result has been declining English major enrollments in the US.
School Choice Will Restore Our Competitive Edge
How do we prepare for the continued effects of globalization and job-displacing technological advancement? Education is the answer, but not in its current form. Global competition is fierce, but when it comes to education, the United States is mediocre at best.
This State Wants Protestors Prosecuted as Organized Criminals
Thanks to Republican state legislators, organizing protests in Arizona might soon be enough to land residents in jail. Under the recently proposed SB 1142, any protest or rally found to be disruptive in the eyes of local law enforcement will be stripped of its First Amendment protections. Instead, rowdy protests and riots will be lumped into the same criminal classification as racketeering.
Mobile Phones Are Anti-Poverty Devices
Mobile technology is revolutionizing the way the poorest people interact with markets. M-Pesa is giving people access to the trade flows that are as essential to a nation’s infrastructure and prosperity as electricity or railroads were back in the day.
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from FRANCE 24 English
India's top diplomat to visit US after Kansas killing
New Delhi's top diplomat will travel to Washington this week for talks with US officials as anger grows over the death of an Indian expatriate in a suspected hate crime. Thousands of Indians visit the United States every year for work or study, and the killing of 32-year-old engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in a Kansas bar last week has caused shockwaves around the country. A second Indian engineer, Alok Madasani, was injured in the shooting by a white man whom witnesses said screamed racial slurs. A ministry official said Foreign Secretary S.Jaishankar would travel to Washington on Tuesday for a "wide-ranging bilateral discussion", without giving further details. Reports said Jaishankar, the most senior Indian official to visit since President Donald Trump took office, would discuss proposed restrictions to so-called H-1B visas as well as seeking reassurances on the safety of Indian expatriates.
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India's top diplomat to visit US after Kansas killing
New Delhi's top diplomat will travel to Washington this week for talks with US officials as anger grows over the death of an Indian expatriate in a suspected hate crime. Thousands of Indians visit the United States every year for work or study, and the killing of 32-year-old engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in a Kansas bar last week has caused shockwaves around the country. A second Indian engineer, Alok Madasani, was injured in the shooting by a white man whom witnesses said screamed racial slurs. A ministry official said Foreign Secretary S.Jaishankar would travel to Washington on Tuesday for a "wide-ranging bilateral discussion", without giving further details. Reports said Jaishankar, the most senior Indian official to visit since President Donald Trump took office, would discuss proposed restrictions to so-called H-1B visas as well as seeking reassurances on the safety of Indian expatriates.
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from The Heritage Foundation
Trump Has Reversed the Transgender Bathroom Mandate. Here’s How Moms Like Me Pushed the Fight.
President Donald Trump has returned the policymaking power back to parents and state and local officials. Now that the federal government has stepped aside, it's up to parents and school boards to stand up for their students.
Military Expansion Goals: Big, Modern, Ready
The United States needs a military large enough to protect its interests globally — and should budget accordingly. President Trump has pledged to expand the size of the U.S. military by as much as one third in some areas.
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from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California
Mosul, Paris, Jerusalem: Faith, Ideology, And Slaughter
We of the human race have been here before and will come here again. Cities, the emblem and apogee of all civilizations, have been war’s great prizes since the days of myth. Sieges—nowadays the least-studied form of military operations—have stained history with vast amounts of blood, from Carthage to Constantinople. And they’re back. If you want to understand the future of warfare in an ever-more-urban world, study the grisly history of sieges.
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from Intellihub
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Federal court litigation provides evidence the Obama administration illegally diverted taxpayer funds that had not been appropriated by Congress in an unconstitutional scheme to keep Obamacare from imploding. In 2016, a U.S. District judge caught the Obama administration’s Health and Human Services Department acting unconstitutionally and therefore put an end to the illegal diversion of taxpayer funds, but the Obama administration didn’t stop there.
Justice Department dials back Holder-era suit, says court should let Texas amend law
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Jimmy Carter: Hillary Never Spoke to White, Working People
Former president warns fellow Democrats to learn from Clinton's costly mistakes
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from Zero Hedge
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50% Of College Students Believe Their Student Loans Will Be Forgiven By Federal Government
LendEDU, a private firm that connects students and their families with student loans and loan refinancing, has finally revealed a clue that helps us better understand the mystery of why so many college students across the country have become so comfortable haphazardly taking out $100s of thousands of dollars in student loans to fund their degrees in anthropology. According to a survey of 500 current college students conducted by LendEDU, apparently 49.8% of America's entitled youth is convinced that the federal government will simply forgive their student loans upon graduation...call it a nice little taxpayer funded graduation gift.
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