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  • Why ‘Star Wars’ Is Crushing ‘Star Trek’ in Pop Culture

    Why ‘Star Wars’ Is Crushing ‘Star Trek’ in Pop Culture0

    This should be Star Trek’s moment. The franchise is celebrating its 50th anniversary, a new film is now in theaters and Comic-Con just delivered a peek at the latest Star Trek TV series. So why are so many people still more enthusiastic about Star Wars? Because traditional storytelling still trumps 21st century revisionism and political

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  • Why ‘Social Justice Math’ Misses the Point of Learning Math

    Why ‘Social Justice Math’ Misses the Point of Learning Math0

    It’s a common occurrence: a math teacher stands at the front of the classroom, struggling to keep the student’s attention. One student is on the phone. Another stares straight ahead into the distance. And the kid in the back row is asleep. Again. However, as the teacher moves to the next topic, one student blurts:

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  • Why ‘Permit Patty’ Called Police on an 8-Year-Old Girl Selling Water

    Why ‘Permit Patty’ Called Police on an 8-Year-Old Girl Selling Water0

    On Saturday, July 23rd, Alison Ettel called police on a young girl selling water without a permit in Oakland, CA. The girl’s relative caught a video of Ettel, tweeted it out, and an Internet rage mob had identified her and her business within hours. Twitter quickly dubbed the then-unidentified woman in the video #PermitPatty. The

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  • Why ‘Medicare for All’ Isn’t the Right Prescription for a Pandemic

    Why ‘Medicare for All’ Isn’t the Right Prescription for a Pandemic0

    Is a pandemic, like other crises, a terrible thing to waste?  For progressives, it looks like a golden opportunity to outlaw Americans’ private health insurance and create a single-payer system of national health insurance for every legal or illegal resident in every nook and cranny of the country.  Take it from the irrepressible Rep. Alexandria

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  • Why ‘It Doesn’t Affect You’ Is (Usually) a Bad Argument

    Why ‘It Doesn’t Affect You’ Is (Usually) a Bad Argument0

    About a month ago, I confronted an odd-looking man who had flagrantly double-parked his beat-up truck in the grocery store parking lot. Not only did he refuse to move; he also seemed incapable of understanding why anyone would have a problem with what he’d done. “What do you care?” he blustered. “You’re already parked, and

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  • Why ‘Black and Orange Spirit Day’ is Now a Thing

    Why ‘Black and Orange Spirit Day’ is Now a Thing0

    • October 30, 2017

    A Massachusetts elementary school recently made national headlines after canceling its annual Halloween costume parade and announcing it would henceforth observe “Black and Orange Spirit Day.” “[T]he costume parade is out of our ordinary routine and can be difficult for many students,” Brendan Dearborn, principal at Boyden Elementary School principal, wrote to parents. “Also, the

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