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A Failed Defense of Campus Kangaroo Courts 0
- Culture
- July 19, 2017
A college president recently promoted fallacies about the law in order to justify federal micromanagement of school discipline. Writing in the Washington Post, Brooklyn College’s Michelle Anderson defended a 2011 letter from the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) dictating “the standard of proof in campus disciplinary proceedings.” It told colleges that had been using
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How Radical Feminism Sowed the Seeds of Our Transgender Moment 0
- Culture
- July 19, 2017
Today’s transgender movement is the latest effort to overturn what are in fact true assumptions about human life. My recent report, “Sex, Gender, and the Origin of the Culture Wars,” reveals the intellectual roots of today’s transgender movement so that citizens can defend common sense against the corruptions that this movement generates. Transgenderism literally means
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Why are Children Learning to Adult from YouTube Stars?0
- Culture
- July 19, 2017
In a recent article for NPR, Neda Ulaby writes on the rise of YouTube cooking star Rosanna Pansino. As NPR explains, Pansino is a young millennial who uses her YouTube channel, Nerdy Nummies, to teach viewers to make everything from individual potato cakes to treats based on video games or TV shows. In fact, what
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8 Facts to Know about the Stone Which Broke the Code of History 0
- History
- July 19, 2017
Discovered on July 19 in 1799 by the French, the Rosetta Stone proved to be one of the most important historical discoveries in the history of, well… history. As the most popular artifact in the British Museum, it sees most of the Museum’s 6.8 million visitors each year. Below are eight facts about the now
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John Ruskin—8 Profound and Relevant Thoughts on Education 3
- Education
- July 19, 2017
John Ruskin (1819-1900), the Victorian English artist and critic, has left behind him not only a school of artwork but also a considerable body of written material – some of it quite profound. In an age where “advanced” and “progressive” ideas were becoming more and more common, Ruskin stood as an advocate not only for
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Is Russia Part of Western Civilization?0
- History
- July 18, 2017
A recent tweet by conservative columnist and vlogger Dennis Prager about the news media posing a greater threat to “Western civilization” than Russia has prompted a fierce backlash on online media. It has also indirectly given voice to an age-old question about Russia: is she Western, or not? Are Russia and America bound by the
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A Failed Defense of Campus Kangaroo Courts 0