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The Battle against Temptation Is Worth It, Men0
- Family
- August 29, 2017
For the last nine months, my lifestyle has been that of the single, solitary bachelor. With family in another state and most of my friends being married with kids, I go home from my nine-to-five job to my studio apartment alone. And so, I can empathize with the growing mass of today’s lonely, American men
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Professors Implore Students: ‘Think for Yourselves’!0
- Culture
- August 29, 2017
It’s telling of our times when Americans have to be told to do the simplest of tasks. It’s also telling when they have to be told how to do that same task. Such is the case with a back to school memo recently released by professors from Princeton, Harvard, and Yale. Their simple advice? Think
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Militarization Makes Police More Violent0
- Politics
- August 29, 2017
When Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced yesterday the Trump Administration’s repeal an Obama-era rule limiting the distribution of certain military equipment (such as tracked vehicles, camouflage uniforms, high-powered rifles, bayonets, and grenade launchers), he dismissed concerns about police militarization as “superficial.” The evidence suggests otherwise: militarization makes police more violent. Earlier this year, a study conducted by researchers from
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Mark Lilla: My Students Are Consumed with Their Own Identities0
- Education
- August 29, 2017
The New Yorker, one of the last great literary publications still in existence, recently ran a fascinating interview with Mark Lilla. For those unfamiliar with Lilla, he is a professor at Columbia who caused a bit of a fuss last November when he wrote an article for the New York Times imploring fellow liberals to
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Losing a Dad Changes the Biology of Children0
- Family
- August 29, 2017
A fascinating piece of research related to father loss is highlighted by an article at Family Studies. Most studies of the effects on a child losing his or her father through death, divorce or incarceration, rely on survey questions to measure health. But the new research, published in the US journal Pediatrics this month, took
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Antifa & Neo-Nazi Propaganda: Are you susceptible?0
- Culture
- August 29, 2017
Do you believe that anyone who disagrees with your beliefs is the enemy? Would you ever don the white “glory suit” of the KKK or the balaclava and black hoody of Antifa? Would you ever hold this sign? Would you ever stand with this group? Can you fill yourself with such rage that you would
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You’re Stupid, So We Are Going to Take Away Your Freedom0
- Economics
- August 28, 2017
In a country based on the principle of liberty, should we really contemplate depriving people of freedom because they sometimes don’t make choices experts think are best for them? My title really understates the liberty-depriving philosophy of the nanny state. More accurately, it is: Some people make what we think are bad choices, so we
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What Plato Teaches about Taylor Swift’s Music0
- August 28, 2017
In case you’ve been under a rock recently and didn’t hear, Taylor Swift is set to release a new album. According to social media and other venues, the song she released as a sneak preview for the album entitled “Reputation” was met with mixed reviews. Fortunately for Swift, these mixed reviews don’t appear to have
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Houston: What Jack London Had to Say About Looters0
- Culture
- August 28, 2017
The video footage of looting in Houston following Hurricane Harvey is much like the looting we’ve seen in other parts of the country: shattered shop windows, people walking away with flat screen TVs or shoes or whatever, and the police often nowhere to be found. Oh, and infuriating. Here’s an example: What’s different about
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