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Mar 15 2022
Perspectives Blog
Why People Die for Freedom
From the RightI was confounded when reading a recent Quinnipiac University poll in which only 55% of Americans said that would they would stay and fight if we were invaded like Ukraine, while 38% say they would flee. As we watch Ukrainian farmers and families deploy tractors and Molotov cocktails to defend their country, I find these survey results disheartening. It is time to turnaround our
Lisa Gable
Aug 25 2020
News
Republicans Blast Democrats As Socialists. Here's What Socialism Is
A viewer watching the Republican National Convention on Monday night could be forgiven for thinking that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were not the Democratic Party's presidential and vice presidential nominees but were leading a different ticket altogether.
"Biden, Harris and their socialist comrades will fundamentally change this nation," Trump campaign adviser Kimberly Guilfoyle warned
NPR (Online News)
Apr 27 2020
News
Questions over Kim’s health highlight intelligence limits
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s prolonged public absence has led to rumors of ill health and worries about how it could influence the future of what one analyst calls Northeast Asia’s “Achilles’ heel,” a reference to the North’s belligerence and unpredictable nature.
But there’s a basic, unanswered question, debated by the media and government intelligence
Associated Press
Jul 14 2015
News
The Supreme Court is crankier than ever
A new computer analysis of 25,000 Supreme Court opinions submitted from 1791 to 2008 tracked the kinds of words used by the court. It found that today's opinions might be easier to understand, but they're wordier and more negative than in years past.
Michael A. Livermore, and associate professor at the University of Virginia Law School and one of the study's authors, says that the data
PRI (Public Radio International)
Jul 08 2021
News
First day of Surfside collapse recovery underway after officials say no more victims thought to be alive
As the massive search effort in Surfside, Fla., has shifted from rescue to recovery, crews on Thursday are hoping to give some closure to families who know that no additional victims of the condo tower collapse are thought to be alive.
The confirmed death toll now stands at 54 after authorities said Wednesday that they found 18 additional victims, the highest number recorded in a day.
Washington Post
Mar 03 2018
News
North Korea threatens to 'counter' U.S. over military drills
North Korea threatened on Saturday to“counter the U.S.” if the United States holds joint military exercises with South Korea, and said it would not beg for talks with Washington.
Reuters
Feb 26 2024
Headline Roundup
What's Keeping Nikki Haley in the Race?
After losing the Republican primary in her home state of South Carolina, voices across the spectrum are speculating as to why Nikki Haley is continuing her presidential campaign.
From the Center: An analysis in the Wall Street Journal (Center bias) determined Haley is “demonstrating the inconvenient fact that a sizable portion of the Republican primary electorate isn’t on board with
CNN (Opinion)
Wall Street Journal (News)
Washington Times 
Mar 20 2020
Fact Check
Trump Gets Ahead of Himself on COVID-19 Therapies
President Donald Trump touted two drugs — including one currently on the market for other uses — that he said show “really good promise” as therapies to COVID-19. But he left the misleading impression that the drugs were “approved” to treat the coronavirus and available for “immediate delivery.”
In fact, neither of the drugs the president highlighted at a press conference on March 19
FactCheck.org
Apr 21 2020
Opinion
The Statistical Case for Reopening Georgia Is Weak
Just days after the Trump administration set out careful benchmarks for states to meet before reopening their economies, four governors announced plans that basically ignore them.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp will allow many businesses to reopen on Friday. In South Carolina, some retailers and its beaches are already open. The governors of Tennessee and Ohio will begin phased restarts on
Guest Writer - Left
Mar 10 2017
News
Civics for the Internet Age
A new, bipartisan curriculum aims to help US students make sense of a highly polarized country. Students have cried in Tim Rierden’s social studies class at Wood River High School in Hailey, Idaho, scared that their parents might be deported under President Donald Trump. Some of their classmates’ parents probably voted for Trump, like 31 percent of voters in red Idaho’s Democratic-leaning
Stanford Social Innovation Review