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  • Should we Subsidize Universities that Restrict Free Speech?

    Should we Subsidize Universities that Restrict Free Speech?0

    Trump has threatened to cut-off Federal aid to the University of California, Berkeley, after protests and property destruction on and around the campus blocked right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos from speaking.  The University of California system “receives billions of dollars from the federal government to fund a variety of programs, notably research, student aid and healthcare programs.”

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  • Should We Stop Using the Term ‘Critical Thinking’?

    Should We Stop Using the Term ‘Critical Thinking’?23

    For a long time, when I saw the term critical thinking, I would nod approvingly. Who doesn’t want to sharpen their analytical thought, give their mind a keener edge? In fact, I would have said that our society suffers mainly from a lack of critical thinking, a lack of logical thought. Of course, logical thinking

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  • Should We Stop Segregating Students by Age?

    Should We Stop Segregating Students by Age?1

    It’s commonly believed by Americans that allowing students to skip grades is unhealthy for their social and emotional development. However, an article in this month’s Scientific American suggests the opposite. The article describes the work of the “Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth” (SMPY), which over the past 45 years has identified 5,000 gifted individuals and

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  • Should We Stop Calling Liberals ‘Liberal’?

    Should We Stop Calling Liberals ‘Liberal’?0

    When Americans use the term “liberal” today, they are usually describing a person or group that holds political or moral views associated with the Democratic Party or the “Left.” But it was not always so. In fact, this contemporary usage is the result of an etymological evolution—or devolution, depending on whom you ask. As a

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  • Should We Raise the Voting Age?

    Should We Raise the Voting Age?0

    Through the different news and election cycles, various states and politicians have proposed lowering the voting age (typically to 16). In turn, others have proposed raising the voting age. The most recent example in this conversation that has once again brought the topic to the forefront is remarks from Vivek Ramaswamy. As The Hill explains,

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  • Should we model ourselves on Sir Mick Jagger?

    Should we model ourselves on Sir Mick Jagger?2

    For most of the time I live in a bubble of sanity, comfortably cushioned from the malaise that seems all consuming in the wider culture. Occasionally, however, I leave my comfortable bubble to travel to speaking engagements and conferences. When I do so, I’m struck by how bad things really are. This was brought home

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