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  • Using the National Anthem and U.S. Flag to Protest is Not Helpful

    Using the National Anthem and U.S. Flag to Protest is Not Helpful0

    How this all started and how it escalated is less important than the weekend blowup that engulfed America, when average folks count on taking a break from tensions of the week at work and in the news and enjoy the diversion of sports events. Now it’s all blurring together and social tensions have invaded the

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  • Using Statistics to Get Your Way in Politics

    Using Statistics to Get Your Way in Politics0

    It is unlikely that pundits, politicians, and the general public have ever been so obsessed with numbers as they are right now. I speak, of course, of the numbers surrounding deaths and illnesses attributed to COVID-19. For months now, every new day has brought new headlines about total COVID-19 infections, total deaths, and estimates put

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  • Using Diversity for Personal Gain

    Using Diversity for Personal Gain0

    Identity Capitalists: The Powerful Insiders Who Exploit Diversity to Maintain Inequality, by Nancy Leong (Stanford University Press; 240 pp., $28.00). Nancy Leong recounts her chagrin at a friend’s wedding to start her jaundiced polemic, Identity Capitalists. The tipsy bride, gushing with thanks for Leong’s attendance, hugged her before joking indelicately, “I mean if you hadn’t been

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  • Using Campuses as Illegal Immigration Sanctuaries is a Bad Idea

    Using Campuses as Illegal Immigration Sanctuaries is a Bad Idea0

    On Nov. 16, thousands of students at public and private universities across the country walked out of classes to protest the election of Donald Trump to the presidency. One of their main goals was to urge college officials to declare their campuses as “sanctuaries” for illegal immigrants—a controversial move that could start a political battle

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  • Using Aristotle’s 3 Principles of Logic to Advance Our Knowledge

    Using Aristotle’s 3 Principles of Logic to Advance Our Knowledge0

    One of the big questions emerging from the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is what exactly it means to know something at all. While advanced AI models can present the appearance of knowledge and understanding, scratching below the conversational surface shows that these models severely lack the capacity for what philosophers have considered knowledge. The

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  • Usha Vance and the Wisdom of Frugal Fashion

    Usha Vance and the Wisdom of Frugal Fashion0

    What famous people wear is always the talk of the town, a fact Second Lady Usha Vance is likely beginning to learn. As she recently noted on X, the New York Times published an entire article on the political significance of the coral-colored dress she wore while filming a Father’s Day reading session with her

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