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The Importance of Making Mistakes1
- Culture, Philosophy
- September 20, 2023
A couple of years ago, I received a post-semester email from a student’s father. He was upset about his child’s final grade in my class, which had landed somewhere between a high B and a low A. The grade was clearly not very low, but the student’s father wanted me to reconsider. Apparently, a specific
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Carl Sagan’s Final Warning on the Importance of Scientific Skepticism8
- Science
- September 20, 2023
Shortly before he died, the astronomer Carl Sagan (1934-1996) offered a two-part warning in an interview with Charlie Rose. The first part of Sagan’s warning touched on humanity’s growing ignorance of science, which Sagan attributed largely to the failure of modern schools. Sagan saw this as a clear danger to humanity, especially in a society built
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Keep Your Personal Life Personal5
- Culture
- September 19, 2023
We all know that too much social media is deeply unhealthy. Yet its addictive entertainment keeps so many of us ensnared in daily use—so much so that it has brought about the death of personal life. In our modern culture, it is common and even encouraged to put personal experiences, updates, opinions, and even emotional
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Charges Dropped Against Two Canadian Pastors, Jailed for Holding Church During COVID0
- Politics, International, Religion
- September 19, 2023
Two pastors from Alberta, Canada, who held church services in defiance of provincial public health orders, have had their names cleared after all charges against them were dropped last month. James Coates of GraceLife Church in Edmonton and Timothy Stephens of Fairview Baptist Church in Calgary spent a combined 53 days in jail in early
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Why We Must Objectively Study Difficult Questions1
- Philosophy, Science
- September 19, 2023
With some regularity, students in my sociological theory course will ask why we should even entertain arguments about the biological reality of race. They note, correctly, that this topic is controversial. They suggest it is too morally and politically risky to pursue, given historical examples of pseudoscience that have provided fodder for egregious moral and
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UCLA Civil-Rights Official Promotes Illegal Discrimination Against Whites1
Colleges have massive racial and ideological double standards. A left-wing employee can get away with calling for the castration of white men, while a conservative employee at the very same university gets investigated and suspended merely for criticizing affirmative action. The latest example is from the University of California at Los Angeles, where its Director of Race and Equity, Johnathan Perkins,
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Can We Gracefully Deal With That Loud Liberal?3
Sometimes we can’t make a dent in talking politics with people who disagree with us because their minds are so solidly made up. This isn’t so bad with people who have decent social skills and a sense of tactfulness. But we’ve all met that loud liberal who has neither! Whether it’s in the workplace, extended
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Making Men the Old-Fashioned Way1
Lots of politicians running for higher office write books—or have them ghost-written. There they tell readers, which means prospective voters, what they’ve done and what they intend to do. Most of these are mere chest-pufferies that probably find few readers. Josh Hawley’s Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs is different. Here the Missouri senator lays
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Should She Have Helicoptered?0
- Family
- September 18, 2023
On top of everything else that is vexing about parenting, there’s this: You will never know if you’re doing it “right.” That’s because… No. 1: What the heck IS “right”? No. 2: How can we know what effect we’ve had on our kids at all? (If you have more than one, you’ll notice they’re not
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