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Emotional Reactions to Terrorism Lead to Dubious Policy0
- Culture
- June 13, 2016
In the wake of terrorist attacks, it is common to feel anger, sorrow, and a very human impulse to do something. Since we can do little but mourn the victims, we often resort to saying what must be done. In our highly polarized society, this often means blaming others and pointing fingers (often on social
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Abstaining from Sex Until Marriage Helps Marriages Last0
- Culture
- June 13, 2016
Virginity gets very little press or screen time these days and that’s a shame. As a new American study confirms, a woman who enters marriage as a virgin has the best chance of still being married five years later – and probably beyond that. In fact, the odds of her marriage lasting have got better over
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Study: Chivalry Not Dead After All0
- Culture
- June 10, 2016
If you asked the American public if chivalry is still alive and well, many would likely give an answer in the negative. A 2010 Harris Poll confirmed this idea when it found that more than 80 percent of Americans agreed with the statement, “Women today are treated with less chivalry than in the past.” But
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Study Linking Authoritarianism to Conservatives Retracted0
- Education
- June 10, 2016
Conservatives are from Mars, liberals are from Venus. So announced the headline of an article in The Atlantic back in 2012 that was based on a number of peer-reviewed studies. But are they really? The preferred narrative in academic and media circles would have you believe they are. Thus, in 2012, a study the article
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Homeschool Grads: More Unique and Innovative?0
- Culture
- June 10, 2016
Like many news outlets at this time of year, The Boston Globe recently profiled several young high school students preparing for the pomp and circumstance of graduation. But The Globe took a different angle than normal and stepped inside the world of a homeschool graduation ceremony: “‘Pomp and Circumstance’ played softly from computer speakers hooked
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Harvard Prof: Democracy Doesn’t Work Without Religion0
- Culture
- June 10, 2016
John Adams once said that the U.S. Constitution “was made only for a moral and religious people.” He seems to have an ally in Harvard professor Clay Christensen, the scholar behind disruptive innovation theory. Christensen, a Rhodes Scholar and the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at the college’s business school, appeared in a
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Can You Solve 5 Elementary School Math Questions?0
- Education
- June 10, 2016
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Why Censorship Doesn’t Really Work0
- Culture
- June 9, 2016
If it was up to the devotees of political correctness, we should never utter certain words or phrases. Why? Because according to postmodern philosophy words are as powerful as fists and guns; they are tools of pain and oppression. Let’s leave aside for a moment the issue of whether words are really weapons. Let’s also
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UNC Offers Course on Right-Wing ‘Hate’0
- Culture
- June 9, 2016
Does hate speech only emanate from the right? That is the conclusion one could reasonably reach from one University of North Carolina professor’s course. Via Campus Reform: The University of North Carolina offers a communications course about the dangers of hate speech, which the course’s professor openly blames on the political right. The class, titled
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