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Day: July 11, 2018

Does the Federal Government Have the Power to Regulate Immigration? Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Said No

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(FEE) – President Trump announced his second nomination to the Supreme Court on Monday. Perhaps as forward in the minds of conservatives as preserving the right to keep and bear arms, expressly protected from federal infringement by the Second Amendment, is how the new justice might rule on the Trump administration’s various immigration policies, decried by the left as “fascist!” and supported by the right as the federal government’s “constitutional duty.” Yet federal regulation of immigration is a power both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison maintained was “no where delegated to…

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Protecting Kids From Failure Isn’t Helpful. Here’s How to Build Their Resilience

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(Conversation) – In recent years, there has been a concerted effort to protect children from failure in order to safeguard their fragile self-esteem. This seems logical – failure is unpleasant. It tends to make you look bad, you have negative feelings of disappointment and frustration, and you often have to start again. While this is logical, it actually has the opposite effect. Children and adolescents in Australia appear less able to cope than ever before. The problem is, in our efforts to protect children, we take valuable opportunities for learning…

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