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  • ‘Preaching to the Choir’: A New Theory on Why American Politics are So Polarized

    ‘Preaching to the Choir’: A New Theory on Why American Politics are So Polarized0

    There is an enormous body of research out there that explores why modern American politics are so polarized. It’s also a question many Americans are asking. (The question comes up second on Google if one types in “Why is American politics…”.) There are many good theories out there. Bill Bishop’s “big sort” hypothesis suggests Americans

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  • ‘Porn Star’: Why We Should Probably Lose the Term

    ‘Porn Star’: Why We Should Probably Lose the Term0

    A few years ago, an 18-year old Duke University student named Miriam Weeks began performing in pornographic films for $1,300 per scene to make ends meet. Today she is better known by her nom de porn: Belle Knox. The story created a national stir, especially after Weeks, who said she began shooting porn because tuition

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  • ‘Please Have Children,’ an Expert Researcher Warns

    ‘Please Have Children,’ an Expert Researcher Warns0

    An expert New Zealand researcher is warning women to “please have children” as, mirroring other Western nations, New Zealand’s fertility rate reaches an all-time low. The country’s total fertility rate is now 1.71 children per woman, well below the population replacement level of 2.1. Increasingly, greater numbers of researchers are acknowledging the grave problems associated

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  • ‘Pilpul’ describes what happened to academic writing

    ‘Pilpul’ describes what happened to academic writing0

    At one point in Chaim Potok’s classic The Chosen, David Malter—the father of the main character Reuven—discusses the decline of Jewish scholarship in the eighteenth century. In the discussion, he uses a term that accurately describes much of modern academic writing—“pilpul”: “Jewish scholarship was dead. In its place came empty discussions about matters that had no

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  • ‘Parenting Equality’ Stereotypes Hurt Both Moms and Dads

    ‘Parenting Equality’ Stereotypes Hurt Both Moms and Dads0

    Recently there was a dust-up at The Conversation, a site where academics write journalistic articles related to their research, readers comment and the academics respond. It was over the issue of whether men or women work harder and longer in the quest to be good parents—what might be called the ‘parent wars’ (an extension of

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  • ‘Pandemic Pods’ Make Homeschooling Easier For Parents

    ‘Pandemic Pods’ Make Homeschooling Easier For Parents0

    This tumultuous back-to-school season has parents and teachers alike scrambling to make sense of the madness: from ever-changing district directives to COVID-19 response protocols. Some school systems have announced that the academic year will start with remote-learning-only. Others are pursuing partial reopening options with both online and in-person instruction. Still others are planning to fully

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