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  • The Real Reason Women Bully Each Other at Work (And Everywhere Else)

    The Real Reason Women Bully Each Other at Work (And Everywhere Else)0

    In a recent article written for The Atlantic, Olga Khazan asks, “Why do women bully each other at work?” In the article’s body, she details several studies and personal stories from women who have found their work environments to be quite hostile because the other women there behaved meanly toward them.   One of the

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  • Who is Winning the Gender War: Boys or Girls?

    Who is Winning the Gender War: Boys or Girls?0

    Recent headlines have made much to-do over the gains – or setbacks – of transgender students. With this focus, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s happening with the two original genders: boys and girls. For many years, we’ve been told that it is females who are falling behind in the war between the sexes.

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  • The Road to Serfdom: We’re Probably on It

    The Road to Serfdom: We’re Probably on It0

    On both sides of the political aisle, frustration with Washington, D.C., has been palpable and growing for many years. Several years ago, President Obama himself stated, “The American people overwhelmingly believe that this town doesn’t work well.” The more the frustration grows, the more the people seek someone strong enough to wrestle our government out of

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  • Is Exorcism Real?

    Is Exorcism Real?0

    Experts say exorcism is “thriving” in the United States in recent decades, which is perhaps what prompted CNN to profile an academic regarded as one of the world’s foremost authorities on exorcism. Dr. Richard Gallagher, an Ivy League-educated psychiatrist who teaches at Columbia, is the man exorcists call when they need help. Here is a brief

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  • Engineering Programs Are Now Teaching Social Justice

    Engineering Programs Are Now Teaching Social Justice0

    We engineers like to solve technical problems. That’s the way we think, that’s why we chose our major, that’s why we got into and stayed in engineering. There are several other reasons why we got into engineering. One of them was the absence of what I describe here as “social engineering,” where the professor/instructor is interested not

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  • Why Vegetarians Should Be Prepared to Bend Their Own Rules

    Why Vegetarians Should Be Prepared to Bend Their Own Rules0

    It’s a common enough scenario. A vegetarian has been invited to a friend’s place for dinner. The host forgets that the guest is a vegetarian, and places a pork chop in front of her. What is she to do? Probably her initial feelings will be disgust and repulsion. Vegetarians often develop these sorts of attitudes

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