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  • Why All-Men’s Colleges Are Under Siege

    Why All-Men’s Colleges Are Under Siege0

    There are over 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States. There are only four that are all male. But that is at least one too many, apparently. A California Appeals Court ruled last week that Deep Springs College, a school with only twenty-six students, may start admitting women. Founded a century ago by industrialist

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  • Why All Good Social Justice Warriors Support Presumption of Innocence

    Why All Good Social Justice Warriors Support Presumption of Innocence0

    I have a friend in Papua New Guinea named Monica Paulus who was accused of casting sorcery spells because a person died in her village. Her neighbors almost murdered her until she fled the region. Now she works to save other women falsely accused of sorcery who are targets of torture and killing. She recognizes

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  • Why Adam Smith Would Have Been a Baseball Fan

    Why Adam Smith Would Have Been a Baseball Fan0

    There is no evidence, as far as I know, that Adam Smith ever heard of the game of baseball (for the record, ChatGPT considers it “highly unlikely”). Nonetheless, the two were, broadly speaking, contemporaries and compatriots. The first game of which a record exists was played in Surrey, England in 1749, only a year after Smith began

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  • Why Academics Are Writing Junk That Nobody Reads

    Why Academics Are Writing Junk That Nobody Reads15

    Professors usually spend about 3-6 months (sometimes longer) researching and writing a 25-page article to submit to an academic journal. And most experience a twinge of excitement when, months later, they open a letter informing them that their article has been accepted for publication, and will therefore be read by… … an average of ten people.

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  • Why Academics are Becoming Irrelevant (and How to Stop it)

    Why Academics are Becoming Irrelevant (and How to Stop it)0

    A January 2015 Pew Research Center study found an alarming chasm between the views of scientists and the views of the public. Here is just a sampling: 87 percent of scientists accept that natural selection plays a role in evolution, 32 percent of the public agree; 88 percent of scientists think that genetically modified foods

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  • Why Abraham Lincoln is an icon for Republicans and Democrats alike

    Why Abraham Lincoln is an icon for Republicans and Democrats alike0

    During the 2016 Republican presidential primary, The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward and Robert Costa asked Donald Trump if he could be a “unifier” like Abraham Lincoln who expressed “‘Malice toward none, charity for all.’” Trump’s answer was surprising, but the fact that he was asked the question is not. Lincoln has evolved into an icon

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