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  • What Is Capitalism and Where Did It Start?

    What Is Capitalism and Where Did It Start?0

    In a recent essay for The Imaginative Conservative, I claimed that capitalism had its origins in England. I had expected such a sweeping statement to raise the ire or the eyebrows of some readers and was not surprised that it elicited a puzzled response. “When,” one correspondent inquired of me, “did capitalism begin in England? Did it not start

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  • The Violence in Charlottesville

    The Violence in Charlottesville0

    The vast majority of people in the United States have no interest whatsoever in street battles between the alt-right (better described today in more poignant terms) and the counter-protesters. Most people have normal problems like paying bills, dealing with kids, getting health care, keeping life together under all the usual strains, and mostly want these

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  • Liz Harman and the ‘Schrödinger’s Baby’ Abortion Argument

    Liz Harman and the ‘Schrödinger’s Baby’ Abortion Argument0

    A couple of weeks ago, Princeton professor Liz Harman joined James Franco and Eliot Michaelson (whoever that is) to discuss the morality of early abortion.  The essence of her logically incoherent argument is that the morality of abortion depends on whether or not an abortion took place. More specifically, whether or not an “early fetus” has “moral

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  • Bill Maher is Starting to Sound Like Pat Buchanan on Immigration

    Bill Maher is Starting to Sound Like Pat Buchanan on Immigration0

    On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s Real Time, host Bill Maher sounded a little like—forgive me—Pat Buchanan. Discussing immigration and multiculturalism in America with guests Jon Meacham and Fareed Zakaria, Maher said immigration was a topic “worthy of debate,” particularly since the United States has had difficulty assimilating immigrants in recent decades. “One of the first

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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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