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Rikki Schlott

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It’s not ‘victim blaming’ to ask how women can better protect themselves from sexual assault

We need to stop reprimanding people for “victim blaming” when they’re exercising common sense.

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Alix Earle admitting she’s never read a book is crazy, not sexy — and universities are making it worse

Earle recently said she's never read a book, save for “Like, maybe Dr. Seuss.”

01.10.2026 10

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AI researchers claim we’re on track to create ‘new species’ of superintelligent machines in Post video debate

"By default, machines should be given the least amount of access and power that they need to do their job."

28.09.2026 10

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Rich parents still exploiting loopholes to get their kids into Ivy League via golf, fencing and crew

At top colleges, admissions rates have dropped into the low-single digits, but ultra-privileged families have found a backdoor.

25.09.2026 10

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Forget data privacy, AI chatbots already know more than your own mother

AI companies are now in possession of heaps of personal information that social media giants could only dream of.

15.09.2026 10

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It’s not just screen time, our school system is failing kids — and pushing them to socialism

In his new book, "Restoring Childhood: How to Set Kids Free in the Age of Anxiety," Peter Gray argues that an increasingly high-pressure school...

14.09.2026 10

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NYC’s AI in schools policy is first step in prying children away from the grips of Big Tech — it may come just in time

This new AI ban in public schools is an encouraging step towards freeing childhood from the grips of Big Tech.

03.09.2026 10

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Detroit Public Schools are paying kids up to $1,000 just to attend class — and teaching them an awful lesson

Detroit public schools have an absolutely hideous rate of chronic absenteeism. Their solution? Pay kids to show up.

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I met Lindsay Clancy supporters who also suffered serious trauma — but it can’t lessen the brutality of her killings

We’re losing the plot, if we begin seeing innocent lives as collateral in our social critiques.

28.08.2026 20

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Toxic manosphere guide ‘Why Women Deserve Less’ also leaves its readers with less… braincells

“The BIGGEST waste of time in a man’s life is women,” Myron Gaines writes in his toxic book.

13.08.2026 20

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Plagiarist prof Jason Arday’s life story is published tomorrow, and it gets more unbelievable by the page

Academics and publishers are some of the smartest among us, but Arday’s ascent is proof that basic scrutiny goes out the window when DEI is evoked.

10.08.2026 20

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NY’s social media ban alone won’t squash kids’ addictions —parents need to step up too

Maybe the SAFE for Kids Act will keep some tweens from being woken up by Instagram at 2 a.m., but parents beware: lawmakers can't be kids' online...

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Republicans must save the future of conservatism from young wannabe edgelords

Young conservatives have a bigotry problem — and everyone on the right has a responsibility to reckon with it.

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Young progressives think trouble sleeping is a mental health issue — blame the ideology that says the world is stacked against them

Is it any wonder, given the left-leaning ideology that convinces Americans that the system is simply stacked against them?

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Mamdani is pandering to entitled voters who splash out $8 for coffee but can’t handle canceling a Starz subscription

Mayor Mamdani wants to be a knight in shining armor, coming to save New Yorkers from … their streaming subscriptions.

14.07.2026 20

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The government is pulling student loan money from worthless college degree programs — and it’s about time

“This is the biggest set of changes to financial aid in decades,” one expert said.

06.07.2026 30

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Proof most Americans are proud of our nation, despite all our talk of falling patriotism

Most Americans basically agree that we're extremely fortunate and have something special to protect.

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Mamdani-backed DSA candidate’s win in NYC district leaves residents reeling: ‘No real roots in the neighborhood’

"There's just very little known about her," one voter said. "She didn't have very much of a track record or any real roots in the neighborhood, so who...

26.06.2026 20

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Panic over data centers is wildly exaggerated — they use less water than golf courses and less energy than the USA’s fridges

Young people have plenty of reasons to be concerned about AI. But they should focus on the real ones, instead of peddling misinformation.

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Teens are being banned from bowling alleys, skating rinks, malls, and theme parks —no wonder they’re on their phones all day

It’s hard to imagine more wholesome settings than bowling alleys and roller skating rinks. But teens are increasingly being banned from those spaces.

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Trying to scare college kids about AI coming for them is the worst thing commencement speakers could have done

At least 25 graduating classes heard some version of the AI spiel — not exactly original insight to inspire the next stage of life.

09.06.2026 30

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Why do so many Hollywood celebs have trans or non-binary kids?

In a geography where having a trans child has a tinge of chicness to it, one has to wonder: Is this partially due to social contagion?

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Peter Thiel Vs Pope Leo — Silicon Valley and the Vatican battle over who’s the real antichrist

A cold war has broken out between Silicon Valley and the Vatican, as they accuse one another of jeopardizing humanity’s future.

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‘Call Her Daddy’ Alex Cooper’s arc from messy hookups to motherhood is actually a good lesson for her audience

Would Cooper’s critics have preferred she stay in her lane, never find happiness, and push hookup culture on young women forever?

25.05.2026 30

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Gen Z gets heat for booing AI, but their lives have been disrupted by tech more than any generation since WW2

The typical Gen Zer was handed an iPad as a child; their high school experience was upended by a pandemic; and now, they’re confronted by AI.

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GenZ’ers who have spent half their lives on SSRIs are finally starting to question the risks — and find themselves agreeing with RFK Jr.

Among those questioning SSRIs is Ella Emhoff, who started taking one at around age 11 and admits she now finds herself struggling when she tries to...

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Misguided ‘doomers’ celebrating assassins online need to learn how to debate, rather than encourage evil ghouls

“I kinda like it,” one Reddit user responded to news of an attack on Sam Altman. “I don’t feel any semblance of sympathy for him.”

27.04.2026 40

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Horrifying video of teen girl stomped by male classmate underscores us-vs.-them gender problem fueled by manosphere

The idea that young men have been "black pilled" because of women's unrealistic standards is pervasive — and proving dangerous.

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Mamdani’s hardcore left fans turning on him over Israel, trans rights and his ‘AOC-ification’

The radical left is so extreme that self-proclaimed socialist Zohran Mamdani is not left enough for them.

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NYT podcast celebrates cougars ‘objectifying the hell out of’ young guys — only in a psychoanalytical way, of course

Parroting the bad behavior of men is not “taking back power.” It’s imposing the very same patterns of oppression on young men, simply because you can.

21.04.2026 40

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Nikki Glaser ‘gets turned on’ by her boyfriend hooking up with other women — lets call it what it really is, not ‘empowerment’

Being mistreated by your partner is chic now, ladies!

09.04.2026 30

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Women have been ‘looksmaxxing’ for decades, Gen Z men are just catching up — and realizing the pressures

Young men are simply following in the footsteps of their female peers, who have long been convinced that they are not good enough.

06.04.2026 50

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Groypers are putting the next generation of Republican leadership at risk

College Republican associations have a groyper problem.

31.03.2026 50

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Families are fed up with social media — and this week’s legal double whammy is just the beginning for companies like Meta

“I think this absolutely could also open up the floodgates,” attorney Josh Hammer said of this week's landmark social media trials — both of...

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NYU has a terrible new solution to curb valedictorians getting political at commencement

It's a terrible solution to the problem of speakers using commencement to espouse divisive beliefs.

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After talking to nearly 1,100 teens about social media and making a terrifying self-harm discovery, 17-year-old deleted TikTok, Instagram

A Colorado teen surveyed 1,084 of her peers — and found that about half of the girls have thought about self-harm in the past six months.

18.03.2026 40

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Why are progressive feminists letting their husbands put them in polyamorous harems?

Lindy West would like you to believe she is perfectly happy in her thruple, living with her husband and another woman. But clearly, she's coping.

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Is this ‘Groyper’ a worrying preview of the Republican party’s future?

James Fishback might be America’s first groyper candidate.

04.03.2026 60

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College profs are so liberal students have to pretend to be, too — viewpoint diversity in crisis

Advocating for diverse viewpoints on campuses is now apparently akin to saying “All Lives Matter,” or pushing a sinister MAGA plot.

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GenZ kids were guinea pigs for living online — here’s how predators, self-harming ‘sad girls’ and devices in classrooms hurt us

Even if your child doesn't end up in a hospital, or worse, it doesn't mean they haven't been hurt by social media.

25.02.2026 60

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Mark Zuckerberg claims people use Instagram because it’s ‘useful’ — but what a joke that is

As someone who grew up on social media, I wasn’t on Instagram because it was useful. I was on it because it was straight-up addictive.

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‘Weekend Lover’ is saddest TikTok trend yet, as young women debase themselves to a Prince song

Gen Z women are shamelessly admitting to being the “weekend lovers” of men who happily hook up with them on Saturdays — but offer nothing more.

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Harvard limiting the number of A grades is a good thing — even if students are melting down over it

The Ivy League institution needs to address its grade inflation problem.

10.02.2026 60

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‘Chinamaxxing’ is TikTok’s latest senseless trend — as young people romanticize living in a Communist society

TikTok's silly new Chinamaxxing trend looks harmless — but many followers are aesthetically, morally and politically defecting.

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Lawyer for detransitioner awarded $2M warns case signals a tipping point: ‘Every doctor’ should take it seriously

“This was not about ideology,” lawyer Adam Deutsch told The Post. “This case was about medical malpractice."

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TikTok has new owners — here’s what they need to do to keep kids safe

It's time for them to prove their chops to parents by offering more transparency and stronger protections for minors.

27.01.2026 50

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Woke never really died, it’s coming back with a vengeance — and we should be terrified

Conservatives were too quick to declare victory in the culture wars.

23.01.2026 80

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Celebs are cheering on biological men taking over women’s sports — yet another selfish example of lefty virtue signaling 

Naomi Watts, Elliott Page, Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird and others star in a myopic new ad from the ACLU.

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Social media is making Gen Z all look and dress and sound the same — and our country is suffering for it

The internet appears to be causing young people to lose their southern drawl. What else is it taking from us?

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Scott Galloway on how to help young males ditch ‘parasites trolling off despair and anger’

It’s unclear where Galloway’s critics want young men to turn. Should they go away and suffer silently in a haze of porn and weed smoke?

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