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Boys in Skirts: Genius Protest or Irrational Tantrum?0
- Culture
- June 22, 2017
Early this morning, BBC correspondent Simon Hall tweeted the following pictures of a handful of male students at Isca Academy in Exeter. Boys at Isca Academy in Exeter wear skirts to school in protest at not being allowed to wear shorts in hot weather. pic.twitter.com/XHrffnSQEN — Simon Hall (@SimonHallNews) June 22, 2017 According to The
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Black Coffee, Psychopaths, and Pseudoscience 0
- Culture
- June 22, 2017
A “news story” currently trending online suggests that psychopaths take their coffee black. Or taking your coffee black is a sign of psychopathic tendencies. Or something. I take offense to this–not because I drink black coffee, but because it’s so tiring. For starters, this study is old. It was pounded to death in 2015, and
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15 Astute Observations by George Orwell 0
- Economics
- June 22, 2017
In 1903, Eric Arthur Blair, better known as George Orwell, was born in British India. The following year, he moved to England with his mother and sister while his father, who worked in the Opium Department as a civil servant, remained in India. He started writing at the age of 4 and was published in
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Why Critics of Political Correctness Should Resist Adopting Their Opponents’ Tactics 0
- Culture
- June 21, 2017
It’s not news that Social Justice Warriors and the Political Correctness Police have overrun modern college campuses. Heck, some colleges are essentially being held hostage by these forces, to the point where professors aren’t even sure it’s safe to be on campus at all. It’s hard to reconcile this news with the vision of college
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Trade Schools: 10 of the Best in America 1
- Economics
- June 21, 2017
In the last few years, Intellectual Takeout has witnessed an ever-growing realization among the general public that the push for a 4-year college degree is not always the smartest course. Soaring college costs, the retirement of highly-skilled workers, and a younger generation which has difficulty finding employment despite a degree have all driven the wistful
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Steven Pinker: Free Speech Should Not Be a Partisan Issue 0
- Culture
- June 21, 2017
In a speech given at a recent forum, Harvard University scientist Steven Pinker described the decline of free speech at colleges and universities. The prominent psychologist and author was asked why intolerance seems to come more often from the left on campuses. He offered a simple answer. “Because surveys show that overwhelmingly professors and students
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Progressive Business Owner on Living Wage Law: ‘The arithmetic doesn’t work’1
- Economics
- June 21, 2017
Earlier, my colleague Jon Miltimore made mention of a number of comments piling up in the New York Times in relation to a recent special election in Georgia. Many of the comments excoriated the winner for her rejection of a living wage, implying that such a position was one only held by ignorant, right-wing crazies.
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How NYT Readers Responded to Karen Handel’s Win Over Jon Ossoff in Georgia Special Election 0
- Culture
- June 21, 2017
Republican Karen Handel won the closely watched and hotly contested special congressional election in Georgia’s 6th District on Tuesday. Georgia’s former secretary of state defeated Jon Ossoff, a 30-year-old documentary filmmaker and former congressional staffer, 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent, per Real Clear Politics. I saw news of Handel’s victory—which was not a huge surprise—on
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Harvard Study Shows the Main Reason Wives Divorce Husbands 1
- Culture
- June 21, 2017
It’s common knowledge that roughly half of marriages today end in divorce. This is up significantly from the 1960s, when about 30 percent of marriages ended in divorce within 15 years. The underlying social and economic changes that have spurred this increase remain a bit of a mystery. But the topic was taken up in
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Boys in Skirts: Genius Protest or Irrational Tantrum?0