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  • Why Teachers Should Be Stingy with Praise

    Why Teachers Should Be Stingy with Praise0

    I’ve gotten several emails about this article by Joanne Lipman in the Wall Street Journal. The bottom line is that the teachers who get the best results are all about really tough love. The best way to motivate students is to challenge them with realistic (and therefore tough) assessments of their shortcomings. It’s a good idea to shout

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  • Why Sweden Succeeded and New York Failed in ‘Flattening the Curve’

    Why Sweden Succeeded and New York Failed in ‘Flattening the Curve’0

    Coronavirus deaths have slowed to a crawl in Sweden. With the exception of a single death on July 13, no deaths in this nation of 10 million have been reported since July 10. But the debate over Sweden’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, which relied on individual responsibility instead of government coercion to maintain social

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  • Why SWAT-style Raids on Bars to ‘Crack Down’ on Underage Drinking Aren’t Helpful

    Why SWAT-style Raids on Bars to ‘Crack Down’ on Underage Drinking Aren’t Helpful0

    Last weekend, police raided a bar in Norwalk, Connecticut, and found 103 underage people drinking, most of whom had no ID on them. Shocking, right? Not so much. That such people frequent bars in violation of the law is not uncommon in any college town in the US today. If they didn’t, economic conditions would

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  • Why Suzanna Newell Joined Lawsuit Targeting Federal COVID Censorship

    Why Suzanna Newell Joined Lawsuit Targeting Federal COVID Censorship2

    In a lawsuit brought against the White House and top government officials, Suzanna Newell and other vaccine-injured advocates hope to stop governmental censorship of important COVID-19 information. Their lawsuit asserts that government officials have conspired with tech companies to systematically censor Americans who shared factual information on the adverse reactions of many who received the

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  • Why Superficial Conversation is Soooo Exhausting

    Why Superficial Conversation is Soooo Exhausting0

    Most of us have people in our lives—whether family, friends, or acquaintances—who cannot seem to talk about anything of substance. And it gets old real fast. Don’t mistake me: I’m not saying that every conversation has to result in an extended philosophical dialogue; the occasional chit-chat is fine. But there are those close to us

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  • Why Study Philosophy?

    Why Study Philosophy?0

    • August 12, 2015

    Some like philosophy because it makes their minds tingle. Others find answers to their questions. Still others like questions without answers. For Cicero, writing in the 1st century B.C. during the transition from Roman Republic to Roman Empire, the answer was much simpler: to be wise. As he writes in On Duties, “And wisdom, according

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