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  • A Quick Guide to Writing an Excellent Essay

    A Quick Guide to Writing an Excellent Essay3

    Introduction, statement of case, outline, proof, refutation, conclusion: the six parts of organization are, remember, parts, not necessarily paragraphs. Though students have often been taught that every paragraph must have a topic sentence, one sentence that distills the proof in the paragraph which is proving the thesis, that is not strictly true. What is essential

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  • A Question for Harvard: Who Actually Wins from Racial Preferences?

    A Question for Harvard: Who Actually Wins from Racial Preferences?1

    Sarah, a young African-American woman I’ve known for more than a decade, will apply soon to college. She’s gifted, motivated, and wise beyond her years. Sarah thrived in a neighborhood beset by sexual predators, addiction, and crime. I hope admissions officers will take into account the social and economic hardships she has faced and recognize

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  • A Psychologist Explains the 4 Things Gambling Does to Your Brain

    A Psychologist Explains the 4 Things Gambling Does to Your Brain2

    To call gambling a “game of chance” evokes fun, random luck and a sense of collective engagement. These playful connotations may be part of why almost 80 percent of American adults gamble at some point in their lifetime. When I ask my psychology students why they think people gamble, the most frequent suggestions are for

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  • A Psychological Explanation for Why Your Boss is a Moron

    A Psychological Explanation for Why Your Boss is a Moron0

    In 1999 David Dunning, a psychologist at Cornell University, and a graduate student, Justin Kruger, published a paper. Its hypothesis became known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect, and it went something like this (to quote Dunning): “…incompetent people do not recognize—scratch that, cannot recognize—just how incompetent they are.” According to Dunning and Kruger, incompetent people will: 1.Often

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  • A Progressive Explains Why the Left Downplays Family Structure

    A Progressive Explains Why the Left Downplays Family Structure1

    Modern society tends to think that given enough education, job opportunities, and equality advancement a child will be able to lift himself out of poverty and enjoy a successful life as an adult. But as a new study published by the Census Bureau shows, one of the greatest ways to lift children out of poverty

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  • A Prison Mentality Is Killing Our Schools

    A Prison Mentality Is Killing Our Schools0

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