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  • The Carl Jung Behind Jordan Peterson

    The Carl Jung Behind Jordan Peterson0

    With Sigmund Freud, the Swiss psychologist Carl G. Jung (1875-1961) pioneered studies of the human unconscious. After he famously rejected Freud’s views on religion and sexuality, he undertook a lifelong investigation of dreams, symbols, and archetypes to tie modernity to age-old images and traditions. What the human psyche craves are faith, hope, love, and insight.

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  • The Career Myth: Why Having a Career Isn’t That Important

    The Career Myth: Why Having a Career Isn’t That Important3

    Navigating the professional world today, I’ve heard the word career used countless times. But only after years of hearing the word used did I consider the term’s actual meaning and significance. In fact, years ago, it was actually a comment on an Intellectual Takeout article that pointed out something that has stuck with me ever

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  • The Candidate You Like Is the One You Think Is Most Electable

    The Candidate You Like Is the One You Think Is Most Electable0

    Electability has been the single most important force motivating voters in the 2020 Democratic primaries. But what is it? What makes one candidate seem like they could get votes from a majority of Americans while another one couldn’t? Objectively, political scientists like myself have done a lot of research on what types of candidates win

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  • The Cancelled Black Harvard Professor Who Found No Racial Bias in Police Shootings

    The Cancelled Black Harvard Professor Who Found No Racial Bias in Police Shootings6

    Unless you have lived under a rock for the last four years, you will be very familiar with the claim that black Americans are disproportionately victims of police shootings compared with their white counterparts. But a nearly eight-year-old study challenging this narrative is enjoying renewed attention thanks to a recent high-profile interview of the study’s

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  • The Canary in the Coal Mine of Culture

    The Canary in the Coal Mine of Culture3

    This past month has made me aware that the anti-Zionism and the anti-Semitic bigotry that have infected our news media and college campuses have trickled down into my own community. In one conversation, for instance, a good friend and fellow Catholic almost 50 years younger than I, stunned me with revelations about some of her

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  • The Bystander Effect: Myth or Fact?

    The Bystander Effect: Myth or Fact?0

    In the first part of Seinfeld’s finale, Jerry and his friends Elaine, George, and Kramer witness a carjacking. Instead of intervening to protect the victim, they stand by laughing and filming the incident. They don’t even contact the police. When a cop finally does show up, however, the group finds themselves under arrest for violating

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