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  • Don’t Let Big Tech Hide the Truth from You

    Don’t Let Big Tech Hide the Truth from You0

    The New York Times editorial board declared on Friday that people should be able to express “unpopular” positions without being canceled or “shut out of public discourse.” A free flow of information is essential for democracy to function, the editors argued. The Times declaration under the headline “America Has a Free Speech Problem” marks a

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  • Don’t Let Big Brother Silence Scientific Debate

    Don’t Let Big Brother Silence Scientific Debate0

    Crushing scientific dissenters is a sure way to halt medical progress in its tracks.

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  • Don’t Kill the Penny

    Don’t Kill the Penny0

    Governments have long waged a war on cash in an attempt to curb terrorism and tax evasion. Their focus has typically been on eliminating large denominations, like Europe’s €500 bill or India’s 1,000 rupee note. Two U.S. lawmakers have a much smaller target in mind: the lowly penny, perhaps most commonly found in jars and

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  • Don’t Go to College

    Don’t Go to College0

    I can’t pretend to have any insights into the experiences of successful black people, seeing as I’m neither. But I was struck by the video of Robert Smith’s commencement address at Morehouse College, where he announces that he’ll personally pay off every single graduate’s student loans. Unless you’re the personal recipient of Mr. Smith’s benevolence,

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  • Don’t Confuse Sesame Place with Jim Crow

    Don’t Confuse Sesame Place with Jim Crow0

    “Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?” asked Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s five-year-old son six decades ago. A Baltimore family recently filed a $25 million class action racial discrimination lawsuit against Sesame Place, a Muppets-themed amusement park outside Philadelphia. A video showed a Muppet character named Rosita high-fiving white kids while

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  • Don’t Blame Lying on the Brain

    Don’t Blame Lying on the Brain0

    The recent finding that telling lies induces changes in the brain has stimulated a number of misrepresentations that may wreak more harm on our understanding than the lies on which they report. CNN’s headline runs, “Lying May Be Your Brain’s Fault, Honestly,” and PBS reports, “Telling a Lie Makes Way for the Brain to Keep

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