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  • From College Indoctrination to Corporate Intolerance

    From College Indoctrination to Corporate Intolerance0

    A day after an internal email by a Google employee was leaked to the press, a combination of ideological intolerance and scientific illiteracy led Google to fire James Damore for “perpetuating gender stereotypes.” On the day he was fired, Quillette.com published several brief essays by academics on the science of sex differences, mostly vindicating his characterization of

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  • Frog and Toad: Arnold Lobel’s Little Gems

    Frog and Toad: Arnold Lobel’s Little Gems0

    Every child should read Arnold Lobel’s stories of Frog and Toad. These stories are pure, unashamed delight. Once upon a time, all children’s stories were a pleasant romp, an indulgence in something lovely. Think of Mother Goose, The Wind in the Willows, The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan. As our times have

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  • Frightening: This Description of the Decline of Rome sounds like America

    Frightening: This Description of the Decline of Rome sounds like America0

    The date traditionally assigned to the Fall of the Roman Empire is 476 A.D., when Odoacer marched on Rome and deposed the last emperor. But Rome’s internal decline began long before then. As Will Durant famously said, “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within.” In his 1899 classic

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  • Friendship: A Powerful Antidote to Racism

    Friendship: A Powerful Antidote to Racism0

    Have you had this happen to you? The topic of racism comes up in casual conversation. Some white person defensively says that he has black friends. He is immediately (and implausibly) denounced. The thinking is that the claim that “some of my best friends are black” is an old canard to cover up…racism. The accused

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  • Friendship is a Gift, Not a Guarantee

    Friendship is a Gift, Not a Guarantee0

    • August 28, 2015

    There’s a line at the end of the movie It’s a Wonderful Life that has always bothered me. After he has just experienced an influx of generosity from the people of Bedford Falls, and while everyone is singing “Auld Lang Syne,” George Bailey picks up the angel Clarence’s copy of Tom Sawyer. The inside cover

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  • Friends Don’t Let Friends Marry the Wrong Person

    Friends Don’t Let Friends Marry the Wrong Person0

    In recent weeks, royal media coverage has focused on the birth of baby Archie Harrison, son of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. That means the British tabloids are taking a short break from their other favorite topic: the alleged feud between Prince Harry and his older brother Prince William. If the tabloids are

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