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  • The Scale of the Chinese Lockdown

    The Scale of the Chinese Lockdown0

    The official death toll from the Covid-19/coronavirus now stands at over 2,500 people. There are over 80,000 cases worldwide. The people I’ve talked to about this epidemic fall into two camps. Those in the first camp say that this needs to be put into perspective, the number of people who die each year from the

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  • The SAT is Being Dumbed Down, Big Time

    The SAT is Being Dumbed Down, Big Time0

    Students around America are rejoicing. Earlier this month, it was quietly announced that major changes were in store for the SAT—changes that would make America’s most famous admittance exam easier. If this sounds familiar, you’re not having déjà vu. A quick Google search reveals that the test has undergone various cosmetic changes in recent years.

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  • The Sad Disappearance of the Lecture

    The Sad Disappearance of the Lecture0

    The lecture format is being abandoned by many college professors. This phenomenon is due to a number of factors: the pressure of teachers to entertain students, the imposition of the scientific method onto the humanities, and an increased preference for “active learning” methods.    But in a New York Times article this past Sunday, Dr.

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  • The Sad Death of ‘All Politics is Local’

    The Sad Death of ‘All Politics is Local’0

    Even before Justice Anthony Kennedy’s blockbuster announcement that he would be retiring from the Supreme Court, it looked like the 2018 midterms would probably serve a nationalized referendum on Donald Trump. Against the backdrop of the migrant child-detention facilities controversy earlier this summer, and the contentious process to replace Kennedy with Brett Kavanaugh, the “Second

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  • The Sacralization of Black Lives Matter

    The Sacralization of Black Lives Matter0

    Perhaps I’m going crazy, but I thought I just heard NBC News and other respected information sources report that the recent burning of two Black Lives Matter (BLM) signs is being investigated as “potential hate crimes” by the Washington, D.C. police. Apparently these alleged hate crimes occurred as BLM and its sister organization (or rather,

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  • The Ruling Class Strikes Back

    The Ruling Class Strikes Back0

    “There is no proletarian,” wrote Oswald Spengler, “not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by money – and that without the idealists among its leaders having the slightest suspicion of the fact.” What the German prophet of pessimism meant was that revolutions

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