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What Critics of ‘Cultural Appropriation’ Are Missing0
- Culture
- May 27, 2016
Just type the word “cultural” into a search engine and you’re likely to find the phrase ”cultural appropriation” at or near the top. Whether it’s a social justice warrior engaging in a hostile confrontation with a kid over his dreadlocks, or it’s a rant about how Justin Timberlake has “appropriated” black culture with his music,
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What CNN’s Don Lemon Doesn’t Know About Humility0
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- February 10, 2020
CNN news anchor, Don Lemon, needs to belittle those who don’t share his worldview. Recently Lemon guffawed hysterically as two panelists mocked Trump, Trump voters, and Southerners. Lemon was overcome with “joy” and felt no need to maintain even a semblance of objectivity as the belittlement of millions of Americans continued. CNN neither rebuked nor disciplined Lemon. Faced with
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What CNN Gets Wrong in Its Coverage of Seattle’s New Minimum Wage Law0
- November 8, 2018
Economic theory has a few things to say about what will happen to the quantity demanded of something if you raise its price. But activists—and a few economists—have argued that, for various reasons, when the quantity you’re talking about is the quantity of labor, it isn’t as simple as that. In this context, the experience
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What Classical Education Tells Us About Sex Education0
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- October 9, 2018
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What Cicero Would Say about Roger Stone0
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- January 25, 2019
In his speech before the Roman Senate, when he accused Catiline of conspiracy to overthrow the state, Cicero famously proclaimed, “O ye immortal gods, where on earth are we? In what city are we living? What constitution is ours?” A former Latin teacher, I thought of those words when I read the news online
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What Children’s Toys Tell Us About Our ‘Brave New World’0
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- April 30, 2020
Why do children today have so many toys? Like most parents, I’m working hard to keep my kids entertained indoors during quarantine. A new report shows online sales of toys and games have increased by 182 percent due to the coronavirus. Here’s the problem: my children already have too much stuff. I can’t possibly buy them anything
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