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| By Rex Huppke |
| At long last, good, wholesome Americans are taking on the country's most notorious dens of iniquity: school libraries. |
| Books that could be gateways to thinking are being challenged, marked with warning labels or pulled off school library shelves. Liberals, of course, are treating this perfectly reasonable censorship as if it's some hysterical faux-moral-panic. Well, I've got news for you, libs: There's nothing hysterical about our faux-moral-panic. |
 | | A copy of the graphic novel version of Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl." | | USA TODAY | |
| In the Collier County School District in Florida, more than 100 books have been slapped with advisory labels that read "this book has been identified by some community members as unsuitable for students." One of them is the illustrated children's book "Everywhere Babies" by Susan Meyers and Marla Frazee, featuring a couple of drawings of same-sex parents that might indoctrinate our children into believing it's OK to love whom you love. Read more... |
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| By Rex Huppke |
| Republican politicians like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proudly tout their crusade against the word "woke" and all things associated with "wokeness." |
| But what does "woke" mean? For those who have yet to face the existential threat of woke-itude, there are two definitions. |
 | | Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 24, 2022, in Orlando. | | John Raoux/AP | |
| If you believe in dictionaries, Merriam-Webster defines "woke" as "aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)." |
| If you believe dictionaries are a Marxist tool and you support politicians like DeSantis, "woke" means, "Uhh, something? Probably the worst thing imaginable. Definitely a thing that must be stopped." Read more... |
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| By Steve Forbes |
| It's an all-too-familiar Washington story: A response to an emergency is extended long after the crisis that precipitated it has passed, which then creates the sort of mischief the nation's capital swamp is famous for. |
| We're seeing that now as President Joe Biden announced Wednesday he will cancel $10,000 in student federal loan debt for borrowers who make less than $125,00 per year and up to $20,000 for low-income borrowers who received Pell Grants. He also extended a moratorium on loan repayments until January. |
| By doing so, Biden is severely abusing executive power, undermining Congress and burdening American taxpayers. Read more... |
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| By Carli Pierson |
| I have a secret shame. |
| I owe $299,715 in student loan debt – $281,111 on the principal and $18,604 in interest. |
| When I tell my non-American friends how much I owe for my law degree, their reaction, no matter where they are from, is always the same. "Do you realize you could buy a house with that?" they scream at me. |
 | | President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Washington. | | Evan Vucci, AP | |
| I always want to yell back, "OF COURSE I DO!" But I can't. It's not their fault that my country makes it impossible to get an education unless you're already wealthy or, in the alternative, willing to stomach taking on debt to get a higher education, and even more if you want a professional degree like I have. Read more... |
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| By Rex Huppke |
| The quaint and quotable new workplace buzzword "quiet quitting" – which isn't quite quitting, but more like quietly curtailing your work quotient – left me querying other quotidian activities that might qualify for quieting. |
| First, let me catch you up on the quiet-quitting concept. It took off last month on TikTok after user Zaid Khan posted a video explaining the term and noting: "You're not outright quitting your job, but you're quitting the idea of going above and beyond." Read more... |
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