The Evolution of Student Loans in America and the Interplay of Legislation, Impact, and Challenges Access to higher education has been heralded as the gateway to upward mobility and economic prosperity, yet the history of student loans in the United States presents a multifaceted narrative that reveals not only the benevolent intentions of policy makers […]
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Federal Officials, Age Limits, And Competency Tests: Yea Or Nay? I’ve been seeing a lot of chatter about placing age limits on people running for federal office and requiring politicians over 75 to take a competency test. The former is counterproductive, the later a poorly thought-out half-ass solution, both of which require a constitutional amendment.[i]
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WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP FOR AUGUST 4, 2023 This should come as no surprise, but “The Trump Indictment Stinks; Let Me Count the Ways.” A good read! But I’ll go further and say this indictment is dangerous. It effectively attempts to criminalize free speech in general and political opposition in particular. “Female tennis association
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Alabama: It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church. It’s unlawful to wear a blindfold while driving a vehicle. Alaska: It’s illegal to wake a sleeping bear to take a photograph. It is against the law to give alcoholic beverages to a moose. Arizona: Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs. You
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Universities and their Idiolectical Shift to Communism Higher education in the United States stands at the intersection of knowledge, progress, and societal transformation. Colleges and universities have historically been revered as the bastions of free thought, intellectual exploration, and the incubators of future leaders and innovators. However, in recent decades, the landscape of higher education
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Eddie Rickenbacker: A Hero’s Hero. “Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with.” (Brodi Ashton) Came across a piece on the American Volunteer Group, better known as the Flying Tigers, which got me to thinking about people who were badasses before badassary was cool. That of course led
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The Navy’s Newest Destroyer Is Named for a Marine Who Saved His Company from Annihilation In the quaint town of Cheshire, Connecticut, a young boy named Harvey Curtiss Barnum Jr. dreamed of serving his country as a Marine. Fueled by a deep sense of duty and patriotism, he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1958,
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Emergencies Bared: The Unchecked Reach of U.S. Federal Government’s Extraordinary Power In times of national crisis, governments across the world often invoke emergency powers to address immediate threats and protect the welfare of their citizens. The United States is no exception, as it possesses a well-established framework for the declaration and exercise of emergency powers.
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