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The (Slightly Disturbing) Way Humans Choose Sexual Partners 0
- Family
- August 11, 2017
The peacock’s dazzling tail feathers do not exist for them to carry out everyday activities such as eating or sleeping, but because their colourfulness is attractive to peahens: the more brilliant the feathers, the greater the chance the peacock has of finding a sexual partner. Tail feathers, to peahens, can be powerfully attractive. Scientists have
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Diversity is Becoming a Form of Worship 3
- Culture
- August 11, 2017
Diversity is a good thing. We have to say that today, but the truth is I actually believe it. My personal experiences confirm the cliché. I grew up in a tiny blue-collar town in Wisconsin, but I was a bit of a vagabond in my 20s. Some cities I lived in were populous and diverse;
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Mothers Are Not Widgets 0
- Culture
- August 10, 2017
Women are only as valuable as their GDP contribution allows. This is the message emanating from a new Canadian study on the female workforce and economic growth. The report, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper entitled, “Women Are Key for Future Growth: Evidence from Canada,” finds that “an increase in female labor force participation
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How Our Culture Came to Scorn Physical Work 0
- Culture
- August 10, 2017
As economic prosperity continues to spread, and as the American economy completes its transition into the age of information, manual labor is increasingly cast down in the popular imagination. When our youth navigate and graduate from high school, they receive a range of pressures to attend four-year colleges and pursue various “white-collar” careers, whether in
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Political Incorrectness is Treated More Harshly Than Actual Hate Speech. Why?0
- Culture
- August 10, 2017
On June 18, four days after James T. Hodgkinson opened fire on a group of Republican congressman at a baseball field in Alexandria, Va., Professor Johnny Eric Williams of Trinity College (CT) posted the following message on his Facebook page: “It is past time for the racially oppressed to do what people who believe themselves
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Classical High School Students Say This Attribute Defines the West 0
- Culture
- August 10, 2017
Josh Herring teaches history at a secular, classical academy – but as with all teachers, sometimes he learns valuable lessons from his students. As high school students at the Thales Academy progress from studying ancient cultures to modernity, they invariably tell him they are struck by one principle that sets the Judeo-Christian West apart from previous civilizations.
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