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The Broken-Window Fallacy Is Alive and Well, Hurricane Harvey Proves 0
- Economics
- September 5, 2017
As Hurricane Harvey, now tropical storm Harvey, makes its way across the southern US, estimates have already come in as to the cost of the storm. According to AccuWeather, Harvey is expected to cost upwards of $190 billion in damages, one percent of the national GDP. This makes Harvey the costliest storm ever to hit the United
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How Flannery O’Connor Can Heal Our Fractured Politics 0
- Culture
- September 1, 2017
In 2014, I spoke at the American Embassy in Prague at a symposium on the civil rights movement in America. I made the mistake of offering Flannery O’Connor’s story “Everything that Rises Must Converge” as a reminder that we are all to blame for the mess we’re in. O’Connor says of her own story, “I
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Houston Rescuers Prove the Lie of ‘Toxic Masculinity’0
- Culture
- September 1, 2017
Men. We are just the worst, with our toxic masculinity and patriarchal privilege. We are the source of literally all the world’s problems, from war, income inequality, and “rape culture” to the misogynistic microaggressions of “mansplaining” and “manspreading.” If we are ever to create a nonviolent, truly gender-equal world, we must rip away the false,
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University Prof: Freshman Class Achieves 100 Percent Failure Rate on Diagnostic Test 0
- Education
- September 1, 2017
Americans are increasingly haunted by the fear that their schools are dumbing down lessons. This fear intensifies when “college-ready” students enroll in higher education and realize they’re not equipped to keep up with its academic demands. But this situation is not unique to American schools. As a university level instructor recently noted in The Guardian,
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The Clash of the Hurricane Movements 0
- Culture
- September 1, 2017
What is needed in American today are not “hurricane men,” but calm representative figures spread throughout society, who by their example and integrity can lead a nation through the storm and accomplish great things… We have reached a point in our nation’s history where the debate is becoming ever more violent and uncivil. This can
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Eventually Amazon Will Fail – and That’s a Good Thing 0
- Culture
- September 1, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission has cleared the merger between Amazon and Whole Foods, sparking yet more fears that the retail giant is becoming too big. Even as commercial enterprises adjust, politicians and bureaucrats in America, Europe, and elsewhere are sounding the alarm about how big companies like Amazon and Google are shutting out smaller competitors
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The Broken-Window Fallacy Is Alive and Well, Hurricane Harvey Proves 0