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5 of the Worst Economic Predictions in History 0
- Economics
- August 9, 2018
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?0
- Culture
- August 9, 2018
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 1
- Culture
- August 9, 2018
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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The Good Intentions Fallacy Is Driving Us Toward the Destructive Outcomes of Socialism 0
- Economics
- August 9, 2018
While Venezuela continues to collapse into a living hell for all but Nicolás Maduro and ruling elites, support in America for democratic socialism continues to rise. Graphic reports such as the recent New York Times photo essay about starvation in Venezuela abound: Kenyerber Aquino Merchán was 17 months old when he starved to death. His father left before dawn
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How the Summer Gave Me Hope for the Future 0
- Culture
- August 9, 2018
Several months ago, I pulled back the curtain and let my readers know what life as the only female employee at Intellectual Takeout is really like. It was revealing – and even startling to some individuals. But I’ve had a unique experience this summer. No longer am I the only female staff member of this
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Justifying Racism Through Language 0
- Culture
- August 8, 2018
The best way to grasp how sociology has managed to make color-blind racism (CBR) seem believable is to study its Newspeak (to continue the Orwell theme). Whiteness To many modern sociologists, color blindness is a racist weapon that works, somehow, through whiteness, a scheme of thought invisible to most whites, but revealed by CBR sociology. Whiteness
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