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  • The Science of Why People Don’t Listen to Facts

    The Science of Why People Don’t Listen to Facts0

    • April 19, 2017

    You know something is true—for example, that vaccines are good for children, or that socialism doesn’t work. You’ve done the research, you’ve carefully weighed the arguments against your position and found them wanting, and you’ve diligently formulated your own reasoned case for it.   And then you try to convince someone else (repeatedly, in some

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  • The Science of 21st Century Serfdom

    The Science of 21st Century Serfdom0

    That technology giants pull the strings in the 21st century is a fact that is becoming increasingly clear. It’s hard to imagine a world without social media and online shopping, and the billionaires made rich by these enterprises likely don’t want us to do so, either.  Yet the consequences of this arrangement are becoming more visible.

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  • The School System Has Failed Millennials

    The School System Has Failed Millennials0

    • April 1, 2015

    It’s no secret that U.S. students are not up to par with their international peers. The most recent PISA exam testified to this with the United States placing 17th in reading, 26th in math, and 21st in science. Unfortunately, these troubling scores seem to be following American students into adulthood. As a new study from the Educational Testing Service reports, U.S. adults age 16-65 score

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  • The School System Has a Prolonged Childhood Problem

    The School System Has a Prolonged Childhood Problem0

    There’s a secret that homeschool families have known for years but which is just now leaking to the general public. Hints of this secret rear their heads in articles spotlighting families who never thought they would homeschool but are finding they love it. Hints also show up in polls asking parents how long their children

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  • The School Segregation Farce

    The School Segregation Farce0

    A new frequent allegation of progressive politicians and media outlets is that America’s schools are becoming more racially segregated. They then argue that government must do something about it, like for example, go back to the forced busing policies of the 1970s. According to Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, the New York Times, the Los Angeles

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  • The School of Friendship

    The School of Friendship2

    Two Saturdays ago, I had a magical experience. I returned to my late mother’s hometown for a memorial service for one of her best friends—one of three she had known from the time she was five—and exchanged stories at graveside and then at a nearby restaurant with the two survivors about the group’s eight decades

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