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  • Saudi Cleric Issues Fatwa Against… Chess?

    Saudi Cleric Issues Fatwa Against… Chess?0

    The next Bobby Fischer may not come from the Muslim world. According to The Guardian, the token game of intellectuals now has a fatwa issued against it: “Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti has ruled that chess is forbidden in Islam, saying it encourages gambling and is a waste of time. Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh was answering a

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  • SAT Scores Continue to Decline

    SAT Scores Continue to Decline0

    • September 8, 2015

    A variety of news outlets have reported the rapidly declining SAT scores of the nation’s high school students. Bloomberg went so far as to use the headline: “Students Bombed the SAT This Year…” The charts provided by Bloomberg via The College Board are compelling and tell a much larger story of what has (or hasn’t)

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  • Sarah Jeong Proposed Banning the Atlantic Editor Who Exposed ‘The Hunting Ground’

    Sarah Jeong Proposed Banning the Atlantic Editor Who Exposed ‘The Hunting Ground’0

    If you defend bad journalism and call for the banning of good journalists, you probably don’t belong in journalism. But Sarah Jeong did that and was rewarded for it. She has been hired by the New York Times to be a member of its editorial board, despite a long history of racist tweets calling white

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  • Santa’s Healthy Tips: Throw Away the Pudding and Eat the Sixpence

    Santa’s Healthy Tips: Throw Away the Pudding and Eat the Sixpence0

    British researchers have claimed success for their tips and techniques to minimize weight gain over Christmas. In a scheme worthy of Ebenezer Scrooge, says the Telegraph, they have issued “a list of the exercise needed to work off festive treats in the hope that revelers will think twice about over-indulging this Christmas.” The team at

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  • Sanders Exits Stage Left, but His Ideas Remain

    Sanders Exits Stage Left, but His Ideas Remain0

    Bernie is finally out. In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, it was sometimes easy to forget that Bernie Sanders was still in, or that there was a Democratic Party primary race in the works at all. Following his withdrawal from the race earlier Wednesday, Bernie Sanders fans took to Twitter, using the hashtag #NotMeUs

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  • Sanctuary in the Big Apple: NYPD Ignores Thousands of ICE Detainer Requests

    Sanctuary in the Big Apple: NYPD Ignores Thousands of ICE Detainer Requests0

    Newly released information shows that the New York Police Department denied thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests over a one-year timespan. The New York Police Department received a total of 2,916 detainer requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement between July 1, 2018, and June 30 of this year, according to data first obtained by the

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