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Assistant to State’s Top Covid Official Resigns After It’s Discovered She Billed the State More Than $1 Million

The government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic pushed an astonishing number of businesses into bankruptcy. But there’s no denying that there…

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3 Past Recipients of Poland’s Grand Cross of the Order of Merit

Since 1992, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Order Zasługi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej)…

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The Overlooked Economic Lesson in Ghostbusters

friend of mine who is a Ghostbusters fanatic — the song was performed on his wedding day — once observed an overlooked…

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The Real Villain in Shawshank Redemption

In a 2016 interview, Stephen King was asked if he had “a personal favorite” film adaptation of one of his…

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Chicago’s Solution to Its Failing School System: Stop Grading Schools on Performance

In 1987, U.S. Education Secretary Bill Bennett famously traveled to Chicago, where he ruffled feathers by telling a closed-room group…

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A Texas Farmer’s Case Heads to the Supreme Court—After the State Refuses to Compensate Him for Property It Destroyed

In the 1930s, Richie DeVillier’s grandfather purchased a farm in Winnie, a little town in eastern Texas named after a railroad contractor who prospered.…

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Why Justin Trudeau Is Blaming Grocers for Surging Food Prices in Canada

New government data emerged this week showing that food prices in Canada continue to climb. Though year-over-year inflation of consumer…

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Understanding the 500% Price Increase of Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine

During a 2021 earnings call with stockholders, Pfizer Chief Financial Officer Frank D’Amelio discussed how the company was using “pandemic…

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Why a Student With a 1590 SAT Score Was Rejected by 16 Colleges

Stanley Zhong did everything right. A 4.42 weighted GPA (3.98 unweighted). A 1590 SAT score (1600 is perfect). He’d even launched his…

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The Martin Scorsese Movie Disney and China Don’t Want You to See

Few directors in Hollywood have more power than Martin Scorsese, the Oscar-winning director of box office hits “Goodfellas,” “Casino,” “The…

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