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  • How Dostoevsky predicted Trump’s America

    How Dostoevsky predicted Trump’s America0

    As a professor of Russian literature, I’ve come to realize that it’s never a good sign when real life resembles a Fyodor Dostoevsky novel. Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, with its riotous rhetoric and steady stream of scandals, calls to mind Dostoevsky’s most political novel, “Demons,” written in 1872. In it, the writer wanted to warn

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  • How Does Porn Affect Relationships?

    How Does Porn Affect Relationships?0

    The death of Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy Magazine, left many wondering about his legacy. Some argued that the sexual liberation that Hefner helped lead was a good thing. Others, who saw his magazine as the mainstreaming of pornography (chart), said the opposite was true. Either way, both sides seem to agree that Hefner

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  • How Does Impeachment Work?

    How Does Impeachment Work?0

    It finally happened. The House of Representatives is “launching a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump.” The grounds for impeachment? President Trump’s alleged talks with Ukrainian officials regarding an investigation into Joe Biden’s son’s business dealings in the Ukraine.  At present, Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson are the only presidents to be impeached in U.S. history. Although

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  • How do you remember a rock god? The complicated legacy of Chuck Berry

    How do you remember a rock god? The complicated legacy of Chuck Berry0

    The death of Chuck Berry over the weekend at the age of 90 has led to an outpouring of respect for a man widely recognised as one of the most important founding figures of rock and roll. His place in the music canon is undoubtedly deserved, and is likely to be enduring. Berry’s musical legacy

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  • How do you fix bad parenting?

    How do you fix bad parenting?0

    There is little doubt that the education system in the U.S. has problems. According to the National Assessment for Educational Progress, less than 40% of 12th grade students are considered proficient in reading. NAEP is a national assessment that’s considered the gold standard in the country. Similar data can be seen in the states based on

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  • How Do We Understand Sexual Pleasure in This Age of ‘Consent’?

    How Do We Understand Sexual Pleasure in This Age of ‘Consent’?0

    Societies tell us a lot about themselves by how they struggle over sex. Different places and generations have distinct sexual battlegrounds. From anti-miscegenation laws to criminal prohibitions of same-sex intimacy and sex work, these contests address with whom we can have sex, when, and under what conditions. At present, debates about the kind of sex

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