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Jan 10, 2019 • 5min

Income Inequality is Good

What if everything you've heard about income inequality is wrong? What if it's actually a good thing for there to be people who are rich and people who aren't? John Tamny, editor of RealClearMarkets, clarifies one of the big misunderstandings of our time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 10, 2019 • 6min

Every American Needs To Hear This Speech

If every high school principal said this, it would change students' lives and would change America. So what exactly should every high school principal say? Dennis Prager explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 10, 2019 • 5min

The Conservative Student's Survival Guide

Conservative students are vastly outnumbered on campus, and their beliefs and values are often ridiculed by other students, professors and administrators. So, how can conservatives survive and thrive in college, while also making a difference? Matthew Woessner, a political science professor at Penn State Harrisburg, offers some tips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 10, 2019 • 6min

Are The Police Racist?

Are the police racist? Do they disproportionately shoot African-Americans? Are incidents in places like Ferguson and Baltimore evidence of systemic discrimination? Heather Mac Donald, a scholar at the Manhattan Institute, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 10, 2019 • 5min

What Matters Most in Life?

What is the most important thing in life? Money? Happiness? Love? Those things are certainly important, but what matters most is good values. What are values? They are what we consider more important than our feelings. For instance, just about everyone feels like eating junk food, but if you eat whatever you feel like eating you will end up obese and unhealthy. So then, what stops people from eating all the food they feel like eating? The answer is good values. Indeed a lack of good values is the root of virtually everything wrong with the world. In five minutes, learn why we should act based on values rather than our feelings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 10, 2019 • 5min

Love Needs Laughs

How do you know if your relationship is going in the right direction? Is there a way to tell if you're in love? Well, yes, and studies confirm that the measuring stick is how much laughter there is in your relationship. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff, host of PBS comedy special "Happily Ever Laughter", explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 9, 2019 • 5min

Can the Government Run the Economy?

With the smartest experts and the best economists, could the federal government run the U.S. economy? Could it keep America's $17 trillion economy going like a well-oiled machine? Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media, explains why no one person or group can "run" the economy, and why any attempt to do so can only make things worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 9, 2019 • 4min

I Learned More at McDonald's Than at College

Can working at McDonald's better prepare a young adult for life than attending college? For Haverford undergraduate Olivia Legaspi, college taught her that her feelings are more important than anything; but working at McDonald's she learned that serving others comes first. Which of those lessons is more important? Olivia Legaspi explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 9, 2019 • 5min

Climate Change: What's So Alarming?

Are droughts, hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters getting stronger and more frequent? Are carbon dioxide emissions, global temperatures and sea levels putting us on a path for climate catastrophe? Bjorn Lomborg, Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, breaks down the facts about the environment and shows why the reality of climate change may be very different from what you hear in the media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 9, 2019 • 5min

Who's More Compassionate: The Left or the Right?

Democrats often think of themselves as kind and caring, and of Republicans as callous and mean-spirited. But why? Are Progressive policies more likely to raise people out of poverty than conservative ones? And what really counts as "kind": supporting policies that feel good? Or supporting policies that do good? William Voegeli, Senior Editor of the Claremont Review of Books, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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