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VIDEO: If You Live in Freedom, Thank the British Empire

Was the British Empire a good or bad thing for the world? To put it another way, is freedom a good or bad thing for the world? Historian and author H.W. Crocker III explains why we may want to rethink the British Empire’s bad rap.

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WB School District 2017 Election Results

Elected for 2-open seats: Bruce Thuleen – 300, Lee Boughton – 143

Andrea Bowen – 117 (write-in), Brent Mixer – 52, Jay Day – 42 (write-in).

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VOTE! WB School Board Election TODAY. VOTE!

Vote Today!
West Burlington School Board Election Today. Polls open NOON until 8PM at Sts. Mary’s & Patrick’s Church.
Candidates on the ballot: Bruce Thuleen, Lee Boughton, and Brent Mixer (Vote for two).

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West Burlington Homecoming King & Queen 2017

Photo by Nancy Deen
West Burlington Homecoming King and Queen for 2017 are Landen Greer (right) and Jerrilynn Price.
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VIDEO: Why Is Health Insurance so Complicated?

Why is health insurance so complicated, while car insurance and life insurance are so simple? Can health insurance be more like, well, insurance? Lanhee Chen, fellow at the Hoover Institution, explains.

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VIDEO: The Real Reason Hospitals Are So Expensive

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VIDEO: If You Hate Poverty, You Should Love Capitalism

Did you know that since 1970, the percentage of humanity living in extreme poverty has fallen 80 percent? How did that happen? Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, explains.

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Low-fat diets could increase the risk of an early death

Click here: Major study challenges decades of advice as it reveals fat has a PROTECTIVE effect. Study of 135,000 people reveals that people who eat the least fat have the highest mortality rates.
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VIDEO: How’s Socialism Doing in Venezuela?

Venezuela is falling apart. Its economy? Ruined. Its people? Hungry. Its government? Corrupt. What happened? In a word, socialism. Debbie D’Souza, a native Venezuelan and political activist, explains.

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ESPN Is PANICKING Over The ‘Robert Lee’ Debacle

Click here: The public relations fallout continues from ESPN’s ridiculous decision to pull Asian-American announcer Robert Lee from a University of Virginia game after the horrific events in Charlottesville — and the network is clearly very worried about it, as a leaked company-wide memo from ESPN President John Skipper indicates.