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  • Does the Arc of History Bend Towards Justice … or Madness?

    Does the Arc of History Bend Towards Justice … or Madness?0

    The arc of history is long, and it sometimes bends towards insanity. A society can go backwards as well as forwards. Russia and Germany were worse places in the 1930s and 1940s than they were in 1910, as illustrated by the Holocaust and the Holodomor.  The Holodomor was Russian Communist dictator Joseph Stalin’s genocide: A

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  • Doctors Who Decline to Perform Abortions Violate Medical Ethics, International Panel Says

    Doctors Who Decline to Perform Abortions Violate Medical Ethics, International Panel Says0

    An “expert group” of abortion activists has launched a strong attack on the concept and practice of conscientious objection (CO) in healthcare. “The practice of refusing to provide legal and essential health care due to a doctor’s personal or religious beliefs is a violation of medical ethics and of patients’ right to health care,” says the International

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  • Should Parents Have the Right to Choose a Safe School?

    Should Parents Have the Right to Choose a Safe School?0

    As back-to-school time approaches, parents are bracing for school-related trauma. The threat of bullying, violence, school shootings, and mental health maladies looms large as a new school year emerges. A 2018 PDK poll found that one-third of parents are concerned about their child’s safety at school, a sharp jump in recent years. And it’s not just peer

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  • 5 of the Worst Economic Predictions in History

    5 of the Worst Economic Predictions in History0

    Uncertainty makes human beings uncomfortable. Not knowing what’s going to happen in the future creates a sense of unrest in many people. That’s why we sometimes draw on predictions made by leading experts in their respective fields to make decisions in our daily lives. Unfortunately, history has shown that experts aren’t often much better than

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  • Are Trigger Warnings Ruining Literature?

    Are Trigger Warnings Ruining Literature?0

    It was an ordinary lecture to first-year students, on “Women Writers and Modernism.” My brief was to introduce the different ways men and women responded to the social, intellectual and artistic challenges of the modernist movement. This is a subject about the literature of the early 20th century, but it tackles some difficult social questions

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  • How the Term ‘Social Justice Warrior’ Became an Insult

    How the Term ‘Social Justice Warrior’ Became an Insult1

    Virtually everyone has heard of the term social justice warrior by now. The term has become quite popular the past few years—so big in fact, that the Oxford Dictionary added it to their dictionary in 2015. Most people by now know that when someone is accused of being a social justice warrior, it is probably

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