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  • Can Chess Improve Student Behavior?

    Can Chess Improve Student Behavior?0

    A new study conducted in the U.K. produced a surprising finding: teaching elementary age children chess doesn’t improve math scores on standardized tests. This finding made waves as many previous studies have shown that learning chess brings significant boosts in math and science scores, particularly for older students.    But in fixating on this negative

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  • Can California Be Saved From Its Politicians?

    Can California Be Saved From Its Politicians?0

    It’s hard to choose one image, or juxtaposition of images, that best sums up the state of California at the end of summer, 2020. Is it the eight-year-old girl’s birthday party being broken up by a long line of police officers, or the lone paddleboarder arrested out in the ocean for violating social-distancing orders? While

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  • Can Bad People Truly Be Happy?

    Can Bad People Truly Be Happy?0

    • October 22, 2015

    It can be frustrating when those who are unkind to us, who wrong us, or who commit injustices toward others are successful by worldly standards. Perhaps they have plenty of friends, good jobs, power, or a lot of money.   But according to Plato in his dialogue Gorgias, those who do bad things cannot truly

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  • Can Babies Defeat Marx?

    Can Babies Defeat Marx?0

    A close friend of mine just had her fourth child. I am delighted! One might say baby-holding is a hobby of mine, so the more of them there are, the better I like it. But not everyone agrees with me. Oh, they may like babies, but they’re also terrified of what the future may hold

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  • Can Art Reveal America’s Soul?

    Can Art Reveal America’s Soul?0

    As someone who loves the Fourth of July and the story of our country’s founding, I was pleasantly surprised to see all the hoopla that came out of the woodwork last minute to celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday. Firework shows were more fantastic, commemorative memorabilia abounded, and social media was full of people proclaiming their

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  • Can Apes Read Your Mind?

    Can Apes Read Your Mind?0

    One of the things that defines humans most is our ability to read others’ minds – that is, to make inferences about what others are thinking. To build or maintain relationships, we offer gifts and services – not arbitrarily, but with the recipient’s desires in mind. When we communicate, we do our best to take

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