The education system gets a lot of flack these days: students are falling behind internationally; students don’t know history; students don’t know how to engage in rational discourse, and on it goes. But while these issues are very real and concerning, they are really only symptoms of a greater problem. In his 1956 essay, Education
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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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In advance of the Neil Gorsuch confirmation hearings being held in the Senate this week, C-Span decided it was time to pull out its recurring poll on American perception of the Supreme Court. Per usual, the questions asked opinions on the effectiveness of the Supreme Court, of its impact on everyday life, and how much
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The death of Chuck Berry over the weekend at the age of 90 has led to an outpouring of respect for a man widely recognised as one of the most important founding figures of rock and roll. His place in the music canon is undoubtedly deserved, and is likely to be enduring. Berry’s musical legacy
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Alejandra “Ali” Campoverdi is running for Congress in California’s 34th district. A former White House aide in the Obama administration, Campoverdi blasted Donald Trump in a recent campaign video. “If Donald Trump wants to have a conversation about women’s bodies,” says Alejandra Campoverdi, “let’s start with mine.” WATCH: I refuse to let @realDonaldTrump & Republicans
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When science fiction author Isaac Asimov devised his Three Laws of Robotics he was thinking about androids. He envisioned a world where these human-like robots would act like servants and would need a set of programming rules to prevent them from causing harm. But in the 75 years since the publication of the first story
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