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  • How 19th-Century Women Used Seduction Laws to Rope Husbands

    How 19th-Century Women Used Seduction Laws to Rope Husbands0

    We tend to think of Victorian-era America as an oppressive environment for women—and in many ways it was. But it’s worth pointing out that during this period it was not unusual for governments to take great measures to protect the social position and respectability of women. In his book Crime and Punishment in American History,

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  • The Myers-Briggs Test is Pretty Fun

    The Myers-Briggs Test is Pretty Fun1

    About a decade ago I became interested in the Myers-Briggs personality test. For those unfamiliar, the test is essentially a psychological profile examination designed to categorize people into one of 16 distinct personality “types.” It takes about 10 minutes to complete. The test was created by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabella Briggs Myers

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  • Princeton Prof Has the Ultimate Post about the Harriet Tubman $20

    Princeton Prof Has the Ultimate Post about the Harriet Tubman $200

    I admit it. I went online trying to find people spewing venom about Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s decision to replace Andrew Jackson’s image on the $20 with that of Harriet Tubman. Alas, I’m having a hard time finding any. Oh, I’m sure there will be a few people that will find fault in the decision.

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  • 5 Quotes from Harriet Tubman, the New Face of the $20 Bill

    5 Quotes from Harriet Tubman, the New Face of the $20 Bill0

    As you may have heard, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew just announced his decision to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Regardless of your view on the change, one has to admit that Tubman was a remarkable woman. Because Tubman could not read or write, her story was first officially recorded in 1869 by Sarah

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  • You Heard Me: We Need MORE ‘Liberal Scientists’

    You Heard Me: We Need MORE ‘Liberal Scientists’0

    If you’re a responsible scientist, you shouldn’t adopt just one worldview. In this age of tolerance and diversity, that ought to be easy to see. Of course you do need to make a few assumptions. You need to assume that there are laws of nature—whatever they turn out to be—and that they are safe generalizations

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  • The Decline of Neighborliness

    The Decline of Neighborliness0

    It seems no amount of time passes without a headline about some couple (usually believers in the free-range-parenting movement) getting arrested and having their children taken away for perceived neglect. The case of Danielle and Alexander Meitiv of Maryland received national media attention for an incident in December of 2014 in which they allowed their

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