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  • Not Everything Is Political

    Not Everything Is Political0

    Many readers have probably heard, and a few may even have used, the slogan: “the personal is the political.” Though its original source is unclear, it first cropped up in the late 1960s and early 1970s (see this paper) within “second-wave” feminism. Back then, it had a legitimate point: women’s personal experiences and choices are

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  • Not Everyone Has the Same Capacity for Learning

    Not Everyone Has the Same Capacity for Learning0

    In America, since the first half of the 19th century, much energy has been expended on offering education to all citizens. At first, this desire for universal education was for an education in the basics. It gave birth to the Common School Movement (the progenitor of America’s public school system), which was guided in part

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  • Not Everyone Can Handle the Truth

    Not Everyone Can Handle the Truth0

    When it comes to arguing over differences on an important point, “saving your breath” on someone isn’t always an act of dismissiveness. In some cases, it’s probably an act of wisdom. The democratization of intellect in America has created the impression that almost everyone should be capable of rational discourse. After all, we live in

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  • Not Every Tragedy Has a Political Solution

    Not Every Tragedy Has a Political Solution0

    • November 6, 2017

    It only took a few hours after the news of the Texas massacre for the New York Times to start its gun-control incantations again. “Republicans leaders in Congress do nothing,” the paper writes. “Or, really, so far they’ve done the same thing they have always done: offered thoughts and prayers.” But here is a truth.

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  • Not Every Slippery-Slope Argument is a Fallacy

    Not Every Slippery-Slope Argument is a Fallacy0

    • March 7, 2016

    In critical-thinking, logic, and philosophy classes, students are often taught to detect and avoid something called “the slippery-slope fallacy.” Such warnings are sometimes justified. But at other times they are actually misleading—so much so that rejecting certain arguments as slippery-slope fallacies is itself fallacious. Understanding why is important morally, politically, and psychologically. A search on

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  • Not Every Child Needs a Diagnosis (And What To Do Instead)

    Not Every Child Needs a Diagnosis (And What To Do Instead)8

    I recently had the opportunity to attend a homeschool resource fair at a small local school for the arts in my hometown. Every classroom and corridor was filled with tables covered in information about homeschool co-ops, clubs, private classes and teachers. Everything from ballet to robotics, art, woodworking, and every conceivable academic approach were represented

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