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Why Is War Such a Seductive Illusion?0
- History
- April 7, 2017
Today the US appears to stand on the brink of launching yet another major war, ostensibly out of moral outrage at what is happening in Syria, and allegedly for the sake of human rights, conducted with a completely unjustified sense of certainty that war will produce a better result than diplomacy, trade, and caution. Today
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Why Is Violent Language Becoming So Normal?0
- Culture
- June 7, 2016
The death a few days ago of Muhammad Ali, an icon of boxing as well as racial equality, reminds me and others of something that you too may have noticed: how violent language is increasingly being used to describe disagreement. One public figure criticizing another is “attacking” or “bashing” the other. When somebody’s reasoning is
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Why Is Trump Waging War on the Freedom Caucus?0
- Economics
- March 31, 2017
Why is Trump attacking the House Freedom Caucus? He has tweeted that “we must fight them.” My first thought: this is inevitable. Destiny is unfolding before our eyes! There is the obvious fact that the Freedom Caucus was the reason the GOP’s so-called replacement for Obamacare went down to defeat. They fought it for a
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Why is There So Much Bullying in Schools?0
- Culture
- July 27, 2017
Imagine if, at your workplace, you were constantly harassed, humiliated, and even physically attacked. You would probably dread going to work and call in sick often to avoid it. You may talk to your boss or someone in HR to see if the problem could be fixed. If it couldn’t, you would quit. You may
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Why Is There A Dyslexia Epidemic?4
- Education
- December 7, 2023
The earliest documented cases of dyslexia, or a language processing disorder that makes it difficult to read, date back more than a century. For decades, it was considered a relatively rare occurrence, but today it is estimated that up to 20 percent of the US population is dyslexic. What is going on? Advances in childhood diagnosis and
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Why Is the US Federal Government Monitoring Ordinary Americans for Terrorism Watchlist?3
In the aftermath of January 6, 2021, Americans who shopped at Bass Pro Shops, purchased certain firearms, or bought an item that included the word MAGA may have been monitored by their banks on behalf of the Biden administration as potential domestic terror threats. This is according to a January 17 statement by the chairman
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