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Professor Publishes—then Deletes—Tweet Accusing Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist of Being a ‘Russian Asset’0
- Education
- February 7, 2018
Less than five years after winning a Pulitzer Prize for exposing surveillance abuses in U.S. intelligence agencies, Glenn Greenwald increasingly finds himself accused of being a stooge of Vladimir Putin. The latest accusation comes from Claus Wilke, a Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas, who tweeted on Sunday that Greenwald was a
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Men Drive Faster than Women… and it’s Okay to Acknowledge this Fact 0
- Culture
- February 7, 2018
It’s not often that someone has the courage to make a straightforward, common sense observation that goes against cultural talking points. When that does happen, however, it’s hard to keep from laughing outright, which is what I did when I came across a Twitter statement from American Enterprise Institute scholar Christina Hoff Sommers. The subject
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Are You an ‘Educable’ Person?0
- Culture
- February 6, 2018
America has problems. Make that statement to just about any man on the street and one would find widespread support for it, regardless of the political party with which one identifies. The question is, where do these problems stem from? There are any number of answers to that question, but one of the prominent ones
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He Was a President Who Understood Principle 0
- Economics
- February 6, 2018
In his veto of a congressional salary increase, our 30th president, Calvin Coolidge, told Congress that, “No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.” This statement truly characterizes Coolidge for who he was as a man. Not only was he deeply concerned with tax reduction
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People with Depression Use Language Differently – Here’s How to Spot It 0
- February 6, 2018
From the way you move and sleep, to how you interact with people around you, depression changes just about everything. It is even noticeable in the way you speak and express yourself in writing. Sometimes this “language of depression” can have a powerful effect on others. Just consider the impact of the poetry and song
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Why Identity Politics is Toxic for Everybody 0
- Politics
- February 6, 2018
Speakers invited to Hillsdale College have been hitting home runs lately. Two talks in particular poignantly diagnose the toxic effects of identity politics: one by University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax, who recounts her recent experience of it; the other by political journalist Matthew Continetti, who argues that it’s counterproductive as well as un-American.
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Professor Publishes—then Deletes—Tweet Accusing Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist of Being a ‘Russian Asset’0