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  • Not Sure How to Vote? Try John Adams’ Advice.

    Not Sure How to Vote? Try John Adams’ Advice.0

    As summer comes to a close and autumn shows its face, the time for election season to kick into high gear has (finally) arrived. Where people fall on the political spectrum and the candidate they vote for is often influenced by the steady stream of information they get from the media. But as a number

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  • Not So Wild West

    Not So Wild West1

    In the 1952 movie High Noon, Gary Cooper plays a retired town Marshall who decides that he must face off against a gang member who is returning to town. The Marshall’s new bride is a pacifist and doesn’t want him to face this villain. Also discouraging is that the townspeople will not stand by him. He

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  • Not just about sex: throughout our bodies, thousands of genes act differently in men and women

    Not just about sex: throughout our bodies, thousands of genes act differently in men and women0

    • November 7, 2017

    Most of us are familiar with the genetic differences between men and women. Men have X and Y sex chromosomes, and women have two X chromosomes. We know that genes on these chromosomes may act differently in men and women. But a recent paper claims that beyond just genes on X and Y, a full

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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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