Jarrett Stepman

Latest by Jarrett Stepman in ITO

• Culture

  January 8, 2019

  Owner of Historic Boston Restaurant Says Minimum Wage Hikes Hastened Its Demise

  2 ½ min

  The owner says it’s due in part to a recently passed law that raised the minimum wage from $11 to $12 an hour on Jan. 1, and will further increase it to $15 by 2024.

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• Culture

  November 2, 2018

  Here’s Why Trump’s Constant Criticism of the Media Resonates With Americans

  3 ½ min

  When it comes to media, Americans tend to agree with Donald Trump.

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• Culture

  October 19, 2018

  Fabricating Hate Crimes Is a Byproduct of Victimhood Ideology on College Campuses

  5 min

  If we want fewer hate crime hoaxes on campus, perhaps we need to change what is openly valued in academia, to focus on achievement rather than knapsacks of privilege and ladders of oppression.

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• History

  October 5, 2018

  Americans Have Almost Entirely Forgotten Their History

  3 ¾ min

  In America, we celebrate democracy and are justifiably proud that this nation was founded on the idea that the people should rule.

  That’s why it is so important that Americans be informed about their government. They are partakers in it. In fact, they control it.

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• History

  October 4, 2018

  The History Russians and Communists Want Us to Forget

  6 ½ min

  The Soviet Union did not free the world of tyranny in World War II. It merely helped defeat one evil while ruthlessly attempting to supplant it with another one.

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• History

  September 12, 2018

  Attempt to Diminish Heroism of Alamo Defenders Is a Shameful War on History

  5 ½ min

  The next generation of Texans may not care to “remember the Alamo” after a recent decision by the Texas State Board of Education.

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• September 5, 2018

  Nike Boycott Over Kaepernick Ads Demonstrates Yearning for Patriotism

  6 ¼ min

  The National Football League just can’t escape the ugly politics of 2018.

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• Economics

  August 2, 2018

  Inflation Veering Toward 1 Million Percent in Collapsing, Socialist Venezuela

  6 ¼ min

  It wasn’t that long ago that the left praised socialist Venezuela as a model country, a good comparison to the mean, ruthless system of the United States. What happened?

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• Culture

  June 28, 2018

  What Lincoln Foresaw Would Occur If Maxine Waters, Others Got Their Way With Mob Justice

  7 min

  The constitutional system the Founding Fathers built is strong, but it can’t survive when citizens en masse are ready to come to blows with one another on a semipermanent basis.

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• Education

  June 13, 2018

  How Harvard (Secretly) Discriminates Against Asian Americans

  3 ¾ min

  Research on who ends up getting into Ivy League schools shows just how much more difficult it is for Asian students to do so than other ethnic groups.

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• Culture

  March 26, 2018

  I Went to the March for Our Lives Protest. Here Are My 7 Takeaways.

  9 ¾ min

  Tens of thousands of protesters—and maybe more—gathered in Washington, D.C., and around the country Saturday to protest in favor of gun control.

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• Education

  March 16, 2018

  5 Ways Obama’s Discipline Policy Made Schools Less Effective and Safe

  6 ½ min

  As is typical with so many other policies, federal meddling in what should be a local matter leads to poor results.

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• Education

  October 18, 2017

  College Professor Under Siege for Challenging Transgender Orthodoxy

  5 ¾ min

  A petition is circulating at Boise State University to to have tenured professor Scott Yenor fired.

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• Economics

  September 27, 2017

  Here’s How Much Money the NFL Rakes in From Taxpayers

  4 ½ min

  Only a handful of NFL and other major league teams use privately-financed venues to host their games.

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• Culture

  September 13, 2017

  Disrespect for National Anthem Damages NFL as Unifying American Passion

  4 ¼ min

  The NFL’s kneeling problem is getting worse, and that’s a bad sign for America.

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• Philosophy

  August 22, 2017

  The New York Times Continues Its Tradition of Whitewashing Communism

  5 min

  The New York Times has stunningly found a way to create fanciful notions of Soviet-style authoritarianism.

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• Culture

  August 15, 2017

  I Went to Charlottesville During the Protests. Here’s What I Saw.

  5 ½ min

  The clash between Nazis and leftists in the streets was an ugly and surreal scene one would associate with 1930s Germany, not a sleepy American town.

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• Culture

  July 25, 2017

  Minnesota Is Pushing Gender Identity Debate on Kindergartners

  3 min

  Children fresh off of learning the alphabet may have to learn the ABC's of gender identity under new guidelines for Minnesota K-12 schools.

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• Culture

  July 6, 2017

  How Adding Work Requirements to Welfare Can Benefit Recipients

  6 min

  Though the drive for welfare reform is a Republican priority, research has shown that there is widespread, bipartisan support in America for welfare programs that move able-bodied recipients toward work.

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• Culture

  June 29, 2017

  California Issues ‘Travel Ban’ on Some Red States

  3 ¾ min

  Single-party dominance has made California a little crazy.

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