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Training Activists One Pandering Letter at a Time 0
- Culture
- July 21, 2020
The nation’s two major public-school teachers’ unions may be rivals of sorts, but they apparently are in agreement on at least one important and troubling matter. In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, the presidents of these two organizations placed an ad in newspapers across the country, labeling it a “message to our students.” Signed
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The Rise of Woke Neurosurgery 0
- Politics
- July 21, 2020
As a general surgery intern rotating through the university hospital neurosurgery service, I was immersed in learning all day and frequently all night. There was so much to learn, and my Socratic chief resident often reminded me, “that’s why the program is so long.” Six years after medical school for a neurosurgery residency, actually, and
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The Real Story Behind the Chinese Exclusion Act 0
- Education
- July 21, 2020
Virtue-signaling is a must these days if you want to fit in. Even if you just want to keep your job, it seems one must spout platitudes about social justice, racism, and other woke matters of interest. But what happens when these virtues run up against each other? Which side does the woke crowd fall
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I’m a Black Man and I Don’t Support Georgia’s New Hate Crime Law 0
- Culture
- July 21, 2020
There’s an unavoidable truth that drives all political calculations: When a politically expeditious moment presents itself, politicians will seize upon it even at the risk of their convictions and credibility. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is the latest practitioner of such political opportunism. On June 26, in response to the death of Ahmed Arbery, Kemp, a
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‘Childfree’ May Not Be as Freeing as It Sounds 0
- Culture
- July 21, 2020
As The Guardian UK runs a whole series on being childfree, I wonder where they’ve put all the articles that make the case for having kids. Of course there are many reasons for choosing not to have a baby, but somehow we live in a world where that opinion seems more educated and high-minded than
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What is ‘Systemic Racism’?0
- Culture
- July 20, 2020
If there is one thing which is currently obsessing large swathes of the ideologically globalized world, it is the scourge of systemic racism. It is a matter of unquestioned dogma that such systemic racism is widespread and that it must be purged from society. To question this unquestionable dogma is a heresy which is punishable
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Mandatory Masks Might Encourage Risky COVID Behavior 0
- Culture
- July 20, 2020
Governments all around the world are trying to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Making it mandatory for people to wear face masks is a policy that has gained favor among many national governments and state authorities in the United States. Yet any policy that attempts to modify people’s behavior – in this case, making
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It’s Worse Than Cultural Marxism 0
- Culture
- July 20, 2020
Like pagan Danes sweeping through Christendom, rioters pillaged and torched my city of Minneapolis. The results are devastating. For several miles, you can drive along Lake St., the epicenter of the rioting, and witness one burned-out building after another interspersed with piles of rubble where some once stood. Those buildings still standing are often still
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Interrogative Mode: Some Questions for Our Time 0
- Culture
- July 20, 2020
“Who,” I asked some family members, ranging in age from three to thirty-nine, “is the wisest person you’ve ever met?” Why did everyone, excluding the three-year-old who paid not the slightest bit of attention, look so puzzled by my question? Why were none of us able to come up with an immediate answer? Had we
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