Year: 2021
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Economy
Capitalism conserves natural resources better than socialism
“The economy keeps growing, but Americans are using less steel, paper, fertilizer, and energy,” notes Andrew McAfee, author of the…
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Business
Marijuana Farms Are Springing Up In One Red State: ‘Smells Like Weed All The Damn Time’
By Sebastian Hughes Marijuana farms are being rapidly established in Oklahoma, now home to the largest number of licensed farms…
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Law and Government
Setbacks, Inconsistencies Mount For CDC Under Walensky
By Dylan Housman Inconsistencies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and director Rochelle Walensky have continued as…
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Law and Government
Biden administration cut off life-saving antibody treatments; Officials restrict treatment based on race
Fox News reports that the Biden administration cut off distribution of life-saving anti-coronavirus drugs based on bad data about which…
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Science and Technology
Smokers are much more likely to quit smoking if they vape every day
Vaping (using electronic cigarettes) helps smokers quit smoking. This matters because unlike cigarette smoke, the vapor produced by e-cigarettes does…
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Foreign Affairs
Germany To Shut Down All Remaining Nuclear Plants, Forcing Reliance On Fossil Fuels
By Thomas Catenacci Germany announced that it would shutter its remaining six nuclear power plants by the end of 2022,…
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Unyielding
‘Bloodthirsty’ squirrel attacks 18 people in small village
A squirrel bit 18 residents of a Welsh village, leaving villagers afraid to leave their homes, before it was finally…
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Law and Government
‘How Biden’s agenda is causing inflation’
So reads the title of Nick Gillespie’s column at Reason Magazine, which says that “Too many (government) dollars are chasing…
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Law and Government
Mom Finds Wanted Sex Offender Naked In Apartment Wearing Daughter’s Shoes, Police Say
By Kevin Harness A Tennessee mother walked into her apartment and discovered that a wanted sex offender, wearing nothing but…
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Business
‘Business Is Very, Very Good’: Owner Of ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Stores Expands Operations Across New England
By Taylor Giles The ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ store owner is expanding his business across New England. Store Owner Keith Lambert…
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Education
Arlington schools likely to abolish graded homework in the name of ‘equity’
Students learn less if they don’t do their homework. And many of them won’t do their homework if they aren’t…
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Education
The Top 10 Most Egregious K-12 School Decisions Of 2021
By Chrissy Clark This past year was mired by school districts implementing curricula inspired by the tenets of critical race…
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Law and Government
Ghislaine Maxwell Found Guilty On 5 Out Of 6 Charges
By Brianna Lyman Ghislaine Maxwell, British socialite and accomplice of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, was found guilty Wednesday on five…
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Law and Government
Amtrak to expand little-used routes at the expense of the environment and freight rail traffic
The trillion dollar infrastructure bill Biden signed into law on November 15 will harm the environment and transportation efficiency in…
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Law and Government
Black former Philadelphia mayor blasts left-wing district attorney for ‘woke’ softness on crime
A black former Philadelphia mayor is blasting the city’s left-wing white district attorney, accusing him of being “woke” and of…
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Law and Government
CDC Says It Overestimated Omicron Spread By More Than 200%
By Dylan Housman The Omicron variant of COVID-19 isn’t quite as widespread as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Politics
Half of Virginia legislators redistricted out of their current district
The Virginia Supreme Court has adopted new legislative and Congressional districts for the state, after an independent commission failed to…
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Law and Government
Man Shot By Police While Running Away Naked To Receive $525,000 Settlement
By Shakhzod Yuldoshboev A man who ran away naked from police and was shot in the back by an officer…
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Foreign Affairs
Russian Supreme Court shuts down oldest human rights group
“Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered the closure of International Memorial, Russia’s oldest human rights group,” reports the BBC. Memorial worked…
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Politics
Progressive poll shows Biden’s support crashing
A progressive poll shows Joe Biden as even more unpopular than some nonpartisan or conservative polls. As Hot Air’s Ed…
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Law and Government
‘Smash-And-Grab’ Robbery Hits One Of The Wealthiest Zip Codes In The Country
By Brianna Lyman Robbers ransacked a Palm Beach boutique in mid-December and stole 13 rare Hermes handbags valued at nearly…
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Law and Government
Crime Wave Hits Home: 7-Year-Old Girl Shot And Killed While Riding In Backseat Of Car With Mother
By Taylor Giles A 7-year-old girl from New Orleans, Louisiana, was reportedly shot in the back Sunday night while riding…
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Education
Chicago Teachers Union Asks Members Whether They Support ‘District-Wide Pause’ Amid Omicron Surge
By Chrissy Clark The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) polled its members asking whether they would “support a district-wide pause and…
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Law and Government
Fauci suggests vaccine rule for air travel, warns against big New Year’s Eve parties
In an interview today on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said a vaccine mandate for domestic air travel is…
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Education
Academics get taxpayer-funded grants to promote reparations and depict Hispanics as anti-black racists
The University of Michigan’s Anti-Racism Collaborative at its National Center for Institutional Diversity announced $110,000 in grants, reports The College…
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Law and Government
FBI Agents Arrest Woman Who Fought With Man For Not Wearing Mask While Eating On A Plane
By Christine Sellers FBI agents arrested a woman who yelled at a man for not wearing a mask on a…
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Science and Technology
Omicron Can Be So Mild, Americans Are Struggling To Distinguish It From A Common Cold
By Dylan Housman Many cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 are so mild, infected Americans are struggling to determine…
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Education
Education Department illegally stonewalls FOIA request about ‘Free Speech Hotline’
The U.S. Department of Education continues to violate the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), especially about subjects it doesn’t care…
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Law and Government
Some Men Are Getting Vasectomies To Protest The Texas Abortion Law
By Brianna Lyman A Texas doctor said his practice has seen a nearly 15% increase in vasectomies as men try…
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Law and Government
Even liberals say Supreme Court may strike down coronavirus vaccine mandate
Can the federal OSHA agency order employers to get their employees vaccinated for the coronavirus — or have them tested…
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Law and Government
Fauci: US ‘Should Have Had More’ COVID Testing Available To Americans
By Shelby Talcott President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said Monday that the U.S. “should have had…
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Unyielding
US Navy Seizes 1,400 AK-47s, Over 226K Rounds Of Ammunition From Iranian Ship
By Jennie Taer The U.S. Navy seized over 1,400 AK-47 rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition from an Iranian ship…
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Today is National Whiners Day (and the beginning of Kwanzaa)
Today is National Whiners Day. Rev. Kevin Zaborney created National Whiner’s Day in 1986. Zaborney started this day after observing…
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Science and Technology
New COVID strain has hospitalization risk two-thirds lower than earlier Delta strain, Scottish study says
The new Omicron strain of the coronavirus “is associated with a two-thirds reduction in the risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation when…
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Education
Middle-School Teacher Calls Parents ‘Bigots’ And ‘Kooks’ For Voicing Concern Over Pornographic Material In Books
By Gretchen Clayson A middle school teacher in Round Rock, Texas, has enraged parents by reading a Dr. Seuss-style poem…
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