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It’s Time to Ditch the Party Labels and Truly Think 1
- Politics
- May 29, 2020
I was talking with a friend the other day when the conversation took a sudden political turn. Knowing the two of us come from opposite sides of the spectrum, I braced myself, wanting to be kind, but also wanting to defend my views. During the debate, I got the sense that I was surprising my
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George Floyd Reveals the Bankruptcy of the Elites 0
- Culture
- May 29, 2020
The protests, looting, and fires which have rocked the city of Minneapolis after the tragic death of George Floyd are yet another illustration of the comprehensive failure of our leading institutions, which seem incompetent and unprepared to handle society’s widespread anger and alienation. The concurrent rise of nationalism, socialism, and populism during the twentieth-first century increasingly resembles a tragic recapitulation of the nineteenth. Institutions are
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Epidemiologist: Sweden’s COVID Response Isn’t Unorthodox 0
- International
- May 29, 2020
Sweden’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to draw scrutiny, both praise and criticism. One thing critics and supporters agree on is that Sweden’s “lighter touch” approach, which encourages social distancing through softer measures in lieu of mass closures, is unorthodox or exceptional. This is not entirely true, however. As Sweden’s top infectious disease expert
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The Underlying Reason for Our Present Chaos 0
- Culture
- May 28, 2020
Things always hit harder when they’re close to home. Perhaps that’s why waking up to images of a burning Minneapolis is rather painful. Twitter shows images of blazing buildings and looted stores, while masked rioters and bystanders roam the streets. (Those COVID masks seem to have come in handy.) People are using buckets to pour
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The Unacceptably Unjust Death of George Floyd 0
- Culture
- May 28, 2020
The tragic death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer has circulated all over social media in the past two days. It is exceptionally difficult to watch. The facts leading up to what the video captures have been recounted by numerous media outlets. Minneapolis police officers arrived Monday evening to arrest
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The Educational Glue That Binds 0
- Education
- May 28, 2020
In 1988, E.D. Hirsch’s Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know became a bestseller. In this book, Hirsch argues that when we fail to pass on certain pieces of core knowledge to our young people – the dates for World War II, the poetry of Emily Dickinson, the meaning of sayings like “Touché!” or
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Cuomo Admits COVID-19 Projection Models ‘Were All Wrong’0
- Politics
- May 28, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted on Monday that the COVID-19 projection models put forth by “national experts” “were all wrong,” saying that “we all failed at that business” and proclaiming that he was “out of the guessing business.” This was in response to a question from a reporter about when New York would “reopen.”
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A Recipe for Economic Recovery From COVID-19 0
- Economics
- May 28, 2020
With the focus on COVID-19 shifting from the health emergency (easing) to getting the economy going again (glimmers of hope), it’s easy to forget just how good the economy was before the pandemic hit. Recall that in mid-February, financial news organizations were reporting that the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite indexes were hitting record
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Why COVID-19 Immunity Passports May Violate US Law 0
- Culture
- May 27, 2020
As the COVID-19 crisis wreaks havoc across the globe, a handful of countries, including Germany, Chile and the United States, are mulling the use of immunity passports to make clear who is immune from coronavirus infection. Several U.S. companies are also examining ways of testing employees, including for COVID-19 antibodies, before allowing them to return
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