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  • Ideological Imperialism Is Leading to a Bad End

    Ideological Imperialism Is Leading to a Bad End0

    When it was learned in 2016 that Russia may have hacked the emails of John Podesta and the DNC, and passed the fruits on to WikiLeaks to aid candidate Donald Trump, mighty was the outrage of the American establishment. If Russia’s security services filched those emails, and a troll farm in Saint Petersburg sent tweets and

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  • Identity Politics: Bad for Business, But Good for Management

    Identity Politics: Bad for Business, But Good for Management1

    In a market economy, businesses are supposed to pursue profits. Yet in recent years, many big corporations—including Disney, Target, and Bud Light—have become embroiled in costly scandals involving identity politics. As this year’s Pride Month is over, it’s worth asking why so many big businesses take such strong stances on culture war issues, even when

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  • Identity Politics Preserve the Elites’ Power

    Identity Politics Preserve the Elites’ Power0

    The avalanche of identity politics has spurred an interest in studying income inequality along cultural lines. Surprisingly, leftists have deviated from their fixation on class warfare to privileging race and gender disparities. It is even more bewildering that few writers recognize the devaluing of class dynamics in popular debates. Invariably, income inequality is mainly about

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  • Identity Politics Means Rule by Useful Idiots

    Identity Politics Means Rule by Useful Idiots0

    Identity politics is now the term du jour and its meaning is clear enough on a superficial level—choosing people according to their physical characteristics and sexual preferences. The left wants more people of color, women, and gays in influential positions, while the right insists that these traits are secondary to competence in a given job.

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  • Identity Politics Is Now Undermining Science

    Identity Politics Is Now Undermining Science0

    The prestige of science in our culture is well-earned.    That scientists discover truths (or at least serviceable approximations to truths) is undeniable. The evidence for that is how successfully scientific findings have been applied for centuries as technology, which has improved life greatly for countless people.    Sound science depends on methodologies that are

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  • Identity Issues: Probing Woke Culture

    Identity Issues: Probing Woke Culture0

    We are all different and all unique, and I try to treat everybody as an individual rather than stereotyping them as belonging to some group. I do my best to treat everyone with the same respect I’d like them to extend to me. But I confess to being un-woke and not understanding the logic behind

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