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  • Why Stereotypes Can Be Rational

    Why Stereotypes Can Be Rational6

    Few terms get worse press than stereotype. We are constantly told that it is bad, bad, bad and never, ever justified, in any situation. And yet it is a deeply innate element of human reasoning. Even when you try to force people to stop doing it, they do it anyway. This likely means it must

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  • Why Starting Over Every January May Be the Wrong Goal

    Why Starting Over Every January May Be the Wrong Goal0

    For millions of Americans, the start of the new year brings a familiar ritual as we pledge to be fitter, happier, wealthier, or more disciplined versions of ourselves. A recent YouGov poll found that roughly 25% of Americans want to exercise more in 2026, whereas 23% want more happiness and 22% want to eat healthier.

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  • Why Speaking Like Pepé Le Pew May Soon Be a Crime in France

    Why Speaking Like Pepé Le Pew May Soon Be a Crime in France0

    Reuters reports that Laetitia Avia, a member of the French parliament, has said she is proposing a bill that would classify mocking a regional accent (so called “glottophobia“) as a form of prohibited discrimination. Avia’s proposal comes after former presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, a long-time member of the Socialist Party, mocked a journalist’s heavy accent by asking if someone

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  • Why Some Revolutions Fail

    Why Some Revolutions Fail0

    Soon after the start of the French Revolution on July 14, 1789, the English statesman Edmund Burke saw storm clouds on the horizon. Under the banner of “liberty, equality, and fraternity,” the French revolutionaries not only attacked the dreaded Bastille prison in Paris. They assaulted the most important historic institutions in France: the monarchy, the

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  • Why Some of Us Work So Hard

    Why Some of Us Work So Hard0

    We’ve all heard the admonitions about “workaholism”: how some people sacrifice not just fun, but also family life and even their own lives, by working insane hours when they don’t really have to. And all of us also know people who work very long hours not because they’re workaholics, but because they don’t get paid

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  • Why Some Gays Are Trying to drop Transgenders from LGBT

    Why Some Gays Are Trying to drop Transgenders from LGBT0

    Are you confused or alarmed at the rise of Transgenderism? You’re probably not alone. In fact, you might even have some unlikely allies not only in the form of radical feminists, but even gays and lesbians who feel it’s time to “Drop the T” from the LGBT movement. In November 2015 a group of gay

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