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  • Are Today’s Protests the Result of Minimal Logic in Schools?

    Are Today’s Protests the Result of Minimal Logic in Schools?0

    If the protests between right and left, anti-fascists and white nationalists on college campuses and in cities like Charlottesville have taught us anything, it’s that America is only seeing the tip of the iceberg. Unfortunately for the whole country, dissension and chaos don’t seem to be showing any signs of letting up. The interesting thing

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  • 5 Facts about the Alt-Right

    5 Facts about the Alt-Right0

    Rally held in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend ended in violence and domestic terrorism, as white nationalist groups clashed with counter-protestors. The Unite the Right rally was intended, as co-promoter Matthew Heimbach explains, to unite the alt-right around the “14 words”: “We must secure the existence of our people and the future for white children’—as our primary motivating

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  • This is the Real Reason Your iPhone Cables Break

    This is the Real Reason Your iPhone Cables Break0

    Apple products look great. Whatever else you think of the company, there’s little doubt that Apple uses high-end materials to create gorgeous and durable products. That’s true for just about everything Apple makes, with one glaring exception: the cables. It’s common knowledge that Apple cables begin to disintegrate after about six months of regular use.

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  • The (Slightly Disturbing) Way Humans Choose Sexual Partners

    The (Slightly Disturbing) Way Humans Choose Sexual Partners0

    The peacock’s dazzling tail feathers do not exist for them to carry out everyday activities such as eating or sleeping, but because their colourfulness is attractive to peahens: the more brilliant the feathers, the greater the chance the peacock has of finding a sexual partner. Tail feathers, to peahens, can be powerfully attractive. Scientists have

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  • From College Indoctrination to Corporate Intolerance

    From College Indoctrination to Corporate Intolerance0

    A day after an internal email by a Google employee was leaked to the press, a combination of ideological intolerance and scientific illiteracy led Google to fire James Damore for “perpetuating gender stereotypes.” On the day he was fired, Quillette.com published several brief essays by academics on the science of sex differences, mostly vindicating his characterization of

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  • Diversity is Becoming a Form of Worship

    Diversity is Becoming a Form of Worship3

    Diversity is a good thing. We have to say that today, but the truth is I actually believe it. My personal experiences confirm the cliché. I grew up in a tiny blue-collar town in Wisconsin, but I was a bit of a vagabond in my 20s. Some cities I lived in were populous and diverse;

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  • Communism Became the Disease It Tried to Cure

    Communism Became the Disease It Tried to Cure0

    From Radical Revolutionaries to Privileged Bureaucrats The great German sociologist, Max Weber (1864-1920) offered an understanding of the evolution of socialist regimes in the twentieth century from revolutionary radicalism to a stagnant system of power, privilege and plunder, manned by self-interested Soviet socialist office holders. Max Weber, in his posthumously published monumental treatise, Economy and

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  • School Choice and Racism: A Myth Devoid of Context

    School Choice and Racism: A Myth Devoid of Context0

    There has been a lot of recent discussion on the racial impact of school choice. Critics have used research reports to corroborate their claims that school choice increases racial segregation. While these claims have a factual basis, they are in dire need of context. School choice can increase racial segregation, but not for reasons anyone

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  • Political Incorrectness is Treated More Harshly Than Actual Hate Speech. Why?

    Political Incorrectness is Treated More Harshly Than Actual Hate Speech. Why?0

    On June 18, four days after James T. Hodgkinson opened fire on a group of Republican congressman at a baseball field in Alexandria, Va., Professor Johnny Eric Williams of Trinity College (CT) posted the following message on his Facebook page: “It is past time for the racially oppressed to do what people who believe themselves

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