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Editor's note: This story contains descriptions that may be disturbing. LINYI, China — Outside, rain falls. Inside, a middle-school student completes his homework. His mother watches him approvingly. She is especially protective of him. He's the youngest of three children this mother had under China's one-child policy. Giving birth to him was a huge risk — and she took no chances. She carried her son to term while hiding in a relative's house. She wanted to avoid the "family planning officials" in her home village, just outside Linyi, a city of 11 million in China's northern Shandong pro...

Research Used to Justify California’s ‘Equity’ Math Doesn’t Add Up Part 1 of a Series on ‘Social Justice’ Research (Part 2 here) The push to create “equity” and more “social justice” in public schools in America’s largest state rests on this basic premise: “We reject ideas of natural gifts and talents,” declares the current draft of the California Math Framework, which also states that it rejects “the cult of genius.” Informed by that fundamental idea, the 800-page Framework calls for the elimination of accelerated classes and gifted programs for high-achieving ...

The mercurial programmer who amassed a fortune during the personal computing boom? The dotcom era proto-playboy who built a yoga retreat before chasing the thrill of flying open cockpit aircraft over the New Mexico desert? The hedonist who retreated to a Caribbean enclave, surrounding himself with pump action shotguns, bodyguards, and a harem of young women? The two-time US presidential candidate turned fugitive who went on the run after the murder of his neighbour? Biographies, Mark Twain once observed, are but the clothes and buttons of a man. In McAfee’s case, can you realistically hope ...

The United States is gearing up to uproot “red assets,” said an analyst after Washington moved to ban ...

Prevalent Child Abuse Across Schools in China Refutes CCP Propaganda Commentary In line with the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) preparations to celebrate its 100th anniversary, Chinese schools and kindergartens are carrying out various “thank the Party” activities, including one themed “grateful to the Party for giving me a good environment to grow.” However, child abuse and injuries in kindergartens have been widely exposed across China. Physical Injuries A three-year-old girl from a kindergarten in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, a landlocked province in northwest China, was spotted w...