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Viewpoint: Thomas Sowell
feature From NationalReview.com: “The purpose of American immigration laws and policies is not to be either humane or inhumane to illegal immigrants....
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The myth of small-town superiority
feature The only snobbery Americans will tolerate is reverse snobbery, said Steve Chapman in Chicago Tribune, which is why Sarah Palin is getting away with trumpeting rural America over urban America.
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Stop coddling underworked professors
feature Most college professors are underworked and overpaid.
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The global plague of tourism
feature Tourism may be most people’s idea of fun—but the world can’t take much more of it, said Elizabeth Becker in The Washington Post.
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Were our ancestors stupid?
feature Over the past century, Americans have gained three to five IQ points per decade, on average.
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The truth about race and IQ
feature Are blacks, on average, inherently less intelligent than whites? said psychology professor Richard E. Nisbett. That once-discredited notion is again gaining credibility, due to statements by Nobel Prize winner James Watson and a recent series of columns b
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Infidelity tells us little about leaders
feature Many of history’s greatest leaders cheated on their wives: Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, and Martin Luther King Jr., to name just three, said Victor Davis Hanson at NationalReview.com.
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A sex scandal for the Internet age
feature For generations, congressmen and senators have cheated on their wives in Washington, but the Web has changed the rules of the game, said Michelle Cottle on TheDailyBeast.com.
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The smug confidence of libertarians
feature Why are most libertarians white dudes?
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How Roe became irrelevant
feature Roe v. Wade is gradually being worn away by a host of state regulations that will soon make it “all but impossible” to terminate a pregnancy in many states, said Dahlia Lithwick in Slate.com.
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The hidden benefits of a winning team
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Seeing racism for what it is
feature Riley Cooper’s case shows just how poorly he and most other Americans understand “what a racist is.”
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Quote of the week: Peggy Noonan
feature From The Wall Street Journal: Democracy cannot healthily endure without free and unfettered debate. But knowing where the line is...
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The pedophile nobody suspects
feature In most molestation cases, the predators have true affection for kids, and seek a role as their champions, said Frank Bruni at The New York Times.
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