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  • The Problem With the Push for More College Degrees

    The Problem With the Push for More College Degrees0

    In a 2009 speech, President Barack Obama proclaimed that by 2020, the United States will “once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” As we near 2020, it is worth asking how close are we to reaching that lofty goal and what have been the results of focusing so intently on

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  • The Problem with the Moana Costume Isn’t Cultural Appropriation

    The Problem with the Moana Costume Isn’t Cultural Appropriation0

    In an utterly unsurprising development, social justice warriors are now not only dictating to American adults what they can wear on Halloween, but children as well. Social convention was once to abstain from culturally insensitive garb like “black face,” but thanks to politically correct scolds, the social expectation of what is acceptable and what is

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  • The Problem with the ‘Me Too’ Campaign

    The Problem with the ‘Me Too’ Campaign0

    “Me too.” If your social media feeds have been filled with your friends writing this phrase, you may be wondering exactly what’s going on. You can blame Alyssa Milano. On Sunday the actress tweeted: “Suggested by a friend: If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote ‘Me too’ as a status,

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  • The Problem with Moral Relativism

    The Problem with Moral Relativism0

    • March 1, 2016

    Whether you realize it or not, you probably adhere to a particular moral theory. If you formally studied ethics in college or later, chances are you know what your moral theory is. But even if you didn’t, it’s useful to bring your moral theory to full light so that it can be honestly considered and

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  • The Problem With Defining Certain Speech and Crimes as ‘Hate’

    The Problem With Defining Certain Speech and Crimes as ‘Hate’0

    We would all like to live in a world without hate. Indeed, most of us would like to live in a life without hate. But I would like to make another, and more modest, proposal regarding “Hate-“. By this, I mean the use of the word “hate” to add extra zing to some public policy

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  • The Problem With Conflating Sexual Advances With Sexual Harassment

    The Problem With Conflating Sexual Advances With Sexual Harassment0

    It is wrong to ask someone intrusive questions about his private life. A federal appeals court made that clear in allowing a woman to sue over invasive questions by federal officials. It ruled that she had a plausible claim that federal officials violated her constitutional privacy rights by questioning her about private details of her

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