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Imperfect world, but an increasingly multiracial society.

Canada and the U.S. are Not Systemically Racist — and the Numbers Prove It

In Canada and the U.S., the narrative of systemic racism increasingly blots out all other narratives about the heritage that shaped our national destinies.
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Environmentalists are unwittingly serving as China's useful idiots.

Environmentalists Are China’s Useful Idiots

China's Xi Jinping can count on environmentalists, corporate elites, and opportunist executives to serve as "useful idiots."
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Rising crime is one of the issues driving urban decline and out-migration to smaller towns

The Ghost of Ancient Rome Haunts America

The death of Ancient Rome wasn’t so much a collapse as a slow, interminable decay: between the second and sixth centuries AD, its population declined from a million people to just 30,000. Does a similar fate awaits our modern metropolises?
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