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Being Intelligent Doesn’t Require You To Be a Jerk 0
- Culture
- September 22, 2016
Intellectual types are usually kind of jerks, right? At least, that’s the prevalent stereotype. We know that Mark Zuckerberg screwed over his good friend Eduardo Saverin. We’ve heard that Jeff Bezos of Amazon delivers some harsh insults to people in meetings. There are numerous complaints from professors that many of their academic colleagues are unpleasant
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12-Year-Old Finds Knife at School, Turns it in, Gets Suspended For a Year 0
- Education
- September 22, 2016
Via Newschannel 3 out of Michigan: A Branch County mother says her son was suspended from school for doing the right thing. Kyler Davies, a 7th grade student, found a pocket knife in his backpack. His mom tells us she bought the bag at Goodwill and never checked it. When her son found it, he
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Why the U.S. Education Secretary is Wrong on Homeschooling 0
- Education
- September 22, 2016
At a recent breakfast for reporters, U.S. Secretary of Education John King was asked for his opinion on homeschooling. The Secretary’s most worrisome concern about the movement? A lack of socialization. Education Week reports: “[King] worries that homeschoolers may not get the kind of interaction with other adults or much experience with their peers, ‘unless
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Free Sh*t Matters?0
- Culture
- September 22, 2016
Is it reasonable to be angry at legitimate police brutality and to want justice? Absolutely. But let’s be honest about what we’ve seen play out too many times in America. Building on the anger surrounding the 2012-2013 Trayvon Martin trial results, things really kicked off with Ferguson in 2014. Before any real details were known
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Universities Are Embracing Segregation Again (Just Don’t Call It Segregation)0
- Culture
- September 21, 2016
Earlier this week, it was announced that San Francisco State University would offer segregated housing for African-American students. CBS SFBayArea reports: New student housing designed for African-American students and culture is coming to San Francisco State University. African-American students make up just under 6 percent of the campus population and it’s unclear how many dorm
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Is It Racist To Want Stricter Border Controls?0
- Culture
- September 21, 2016
After last week’s post about the potential end of Europe as we know it, today I want to share with you a piece from the New York Times about the reaction of people in Denmark to the rise in Muslim migration there over the last two or so years. The article interviews a number of
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