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  • Hey COVID, I’ve Got Religion

    Hey COVID, I’ve Got Religion4

    For better or worse, my brain is wired to doubt. Even when I’m feeling all gooey and spiritual and thinking that maybe there’s a prime mover in charge of things, my skeptical synapses swoop in and spoil the fun, insisting my thoughts are just a trick of human biology. But the pandemic—or rather, the pandemic response—has

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  • Hershey’s and Resisting Left-Wing Corporate America

    Hershey’s and Resisting Left-Wing Corporate America9

    Hershey’s, the iconic chocolate company, recently released an advertisement apparently to celebrate women. The problem? The ad is starring a man. “See the women changing how we see the future,” the transgender narrator says at the end of the ad. .@Hersheys is putting the face of a trans-"woman" on chocolate bar wrappers with "HerShe" highlighted

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  • Here’s Why We’re Drowning in Information

    Here’s Why We’re Drowning in Information0

    We’ve often quoted T.S. Eliot’s famous lines from Choruses from the Rock as descriptive of our current age: Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? It is frequently remarked that people are “drowning in information” in

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  • Here’s Why Trump’s Constant Criticism of the Media Resonates With Americans

    Here’s Why Trump’s Constant Criticism of the Media Resonates With Americans0

    Americans aren’t fans of their media. A recent poll shows that while many Americans find President Donald Trump divisive, even more find the media to be divisive. A Politico/Morning Consult poll showed that 56 percent of Americans think Trump has done more to divide the country, while 64 percent of Americans think the media has

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  • Here’s What’s Wrong With Bernie’s Plan to Eliminate Student Loan Debt

    Here’s What’s Wrong With Bernie’s Plan to Eliminate Student Loan Debt0

    Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) recently announced a proposal to eliminate student loan debt. He intends to pay off a total of $1.6 trillion, while financing the expenditure with a new tax on “Wall Street speculation.”  Student debt can be a serious burden for recent grads, especially those who fail to acquire high-paying jobs. And the intention to

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  • Here’s What Happens when the Gender-Gap Index Is Adjusted for Bias

    Here’s What Happens when the Gender-Gap Index Is Adjusted for Bias0

    The apparently neutral phrase, “gender inequality,” is not neutrally understood in our society. It normally conjures up women’s lower numbers in male-dominated corporate directorships and STEM professorships or other high-status domains that are in fact accessible only to a sliver of the male population, never mind the narrower female sliver. Social scientists allegedly strive for

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