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  • People Should Be Able to Calmly Discuss Politics

    People Should Be Able to Calmly Discuss Politics0

    There’s a popular pie chart that’s been going around social media for some time now. It furthers the belief that arguing about politics is always and everywhere a futile endeavor: I agree that most political arguments today—both on and off social media—quickly devolve into angry name-calling. But I think this phenomenon says something more about

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  • People Should Be Able to Argue without Getting Nasty

    People Should Be Able to Argue without Getting Nasty0

    “My brother, Cecil Edward Chesterton, was born when I was about five years old; and, after a brief pause, began to argue. He continued to argue to the end…. I am glad to think that through all those years we never stopped arguing; and we never once quarreled.” These words from G. K. Chesterton’s autobiography

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  • People of Color Can’t Be Racist Says New College Guide

    People of Color Can’t Be Racist Says New College Guide0

    Via Campus Reform: A tri-college coalition in Pennsylvania has published a resource guide on “allyship and anti-oppression” that brazenly affirms people of color cannot be racist towards white people. The guide, made available for students attending Haverford, Swarthmore, and Bryn Mawr Colleges, provides a seemingly-exhaustive list of terms on the topic, including “reverse racism,” which,

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  • People in 1890 Waited Longer to Get Married, Too

    People in 1890 Waited Longer to Get Married, Too0

    • September 18, 2015

      As you may have heard, Americans are getting married at later ages than previous generations. Many quickly chalk that fact up to a modern tendency to avoid responsibility and commitment. But it might not be so simple as that.  Currently, in America, the median age for men’s first marriage is 28.7, and for women

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  • People Can’t Stop Talking About ‘Post-Truth’; So what is it?

    People Can’t Stop Talking About ‘Post-Truth’; So what is it?0

    It’s official, folks: the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year is ‘post-truth’. What is the meaning of this Orwellian-esque concept?  The definition appears straightforward: “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” The term ‘post-truth’ isn’t new though. It’s been

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  • People Are Moving Faster… and Getting Dumber

    People Are Moving Faster… and Getting Dumber0

    We all know Aesop’s fable about the Tortoise and the Hare but few of us really believe, in the real world, that slowcoaches like the tortoise have a cat in hell’s chance of beating those in life’s fast lane. Few really believe, with Milton, that “they also serve who only stand and wait”. Those who

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