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I’m a Conservative Who Was Roofied by a Stranger. Here’s What I Think of the ‘Me Too’ Hashtag.0
- Culture
- October 23, 2017
Me, too. That phrase has floated around social media all week, a trend started in response to the recent sexual assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The premise is simple, if not oversimplified: Shift the focus away from predators and onto the victims. Tens of thousands of women—and men—have shared their stories of rape,
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5 (Fake) Tips From the 1950s on How to Be a Good Housewife 1
- Culture
- October 23, 2017
In a restaurant in Cannon Beach, Oregon, one will find on the wall an excerpt from a 1950s-era “high school home economics textbook” that offers readers several tips on how to be a good wife. They consist of the following: 1) Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal
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Why ‘Uncomfortable’ Books Like ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Are Precisely the Ones Kids Should be Reading 0
- Culture
- October 20, 2017
Another book has made the infamous “banned books” list. The public school district in Biloxi, Mississippi decided to pull To Kill a Mockingbird from the eighth grade reading curriculum this year because, district officials said, “There is some language in the book that makes people uncomfortable.” If the language in To Kill a Mockingbird makes
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The Rosy—and False—Narrative of American Public Schooling 0
- Education
- October 20, 2017
Humans tend to romanticize the past. In many ways it helps us see the good in what has been and what is now, but in other ways it disguises the truth. The history of American public schooling is a notable example of viewing history through rose-colored glasses. In my college and graduate school education classes,
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Sharing May Be Caring, But Redistribution Is Not 0
- Culture
- October 20, 2017
I had to have a frank discussion with one of my sons today. I have two of them, you see. Twins. Mark and Michael. They’re not quite seven years old. On Saturday, I went to the grocery store. I asked each of the boys if they wanted to come with me. Michael accepted the offer.
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Propaganda: 4 Tips to Fight It 0
- Culture
- October 20, 2017
Edward Bernays, considered by many to be the father of modern propaganda, opens his famous book Propaganda by stating: We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. Of those men “we have never heard of”, Bernays writes: “Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of
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