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How Higher Education “Studies” Men0
- Culture
- August 30, 2017
In 2013, Stony Brook University (part of the SUNY system) revealed plans for a new “Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities.” Since I’m a Stony Brook grad, I was quite interested in this development. Would the new Center do anything to enhance the school’s reputation for scholarship? I didn’t think it would, but
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How Harvard (Secretly) Discriminates Against Asian Americans0
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- June 13, 2018
In April, a group launched a lawsuit against the school, insisting that Harvard University release hidden information regarding its admissions. The organization leading the lawsuit is Students for Fair Admissions, which is comprised of Asian-American students who applied to get into Harvard and were rejected. The group says it believes the school is guilty of
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How Grade Inflation Erodes the Meaning of College0
- Culture
- April 22, 2016
Every so often, the issue of grade inflation makes the headlines, and we are reminded that grades are being debased continuously. That happened in late March when the two academics who have most assiduously studied grade inflation—Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy—provided fresh evidence on their site GradeInflation.com that grade inflation continues. The authors state, “After 30 years of making
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How Government-Guaranteed Student Loans Killed the American Dream for Millions0
- Economics
- February 27, 2019
In Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell wrote that prices are what tie together the vast network of economic activity among people who are too vastly scattered to know each other. Prices are the regulators of the free market. An object’s value in the free market is not how much it costs to produce, but rather how
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How Government Takes from Workers to Help the Wealthy0
- Economics
- November 30, 2017
The list is short of politicians who are economically literate. Until recently, I was unaware of Pierre Poilievre, a member of the Canadian Parliament. In a speech to the House of Commons, Poilievre demonstrated his economic literacy as he explained how government steals from the working poor and middle class to help the politically-connected wealthy.
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How Government Regulations Made Healthcare So Expensive0
- Economics
- May 10, 2017
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” declared philosopher George Santayana. The U.S. ”health care cost crisis” didn’t start until 1965. The government increased demand with the passage of Medicare and Medicaid while restricting the supply of doctors and hospitals. Health care prices responded at twice the rate of inflation (Figure
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