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Humans are Intensely Loyal to Groups that Haze Newcomers. Why?0
- Culture
- January 17, 2017
In the autumn of 1900, Oscar Booz, a 17-year-old student at West Point military academy, was hazed by fellow cadets. Tabasco sauce was forced down his throat on three different occasions, and he was coerced into boxing a much larger student who savagely beat him. After the fight, he became ill, moved home and died.
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Education Leader Explains 4 Reasons Why Today’s Students Can’t Write 0
- Education
- January 17, 2017
If you’ve endured a peer review session in college or been the lucky one to sort through job applications for the opening at your office, you’ve probably discovered a sad truth about Americans: They can’t write. Marc Tucker, a leading expert in the world of education, recently had the latter experience. As he explained in
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‘Classical Education’ Today Isn’t Very Classical 0
- Education
- January 17, 2017
The number of schools that offer a “classical education” is growing. It’s believed by many to offer a more rigorous alternative to the standard curriculum offered by the education system today. But most people still view classical education as merely a nostalgic throwback to the past that fails to prepare students for the contemporary world
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Zoe Saldana Says Trump Won Because Liberals ‘Became Bullies’1
- Culture
- January 16, 2017
Via the Washington Times: One of Hollywood’s most popular stars now says industry “bullies” helped elect Donald Trump. Zoe Saldana is known to millions of fans as Gamora in Marvel Studios‘ “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies, but she made it clear on Jan. 13 that she does not want to be seen as a “bully”
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Why it’s Easier to Create an Extremist Group in Iraq than a Moderate One 0
- Culture
- January 16, 2017
I remember going to the first Iraqi elections with my dad in 2005. I went partly for the fun of it (I was too young to vote) and partly because I wanted to challenge Al Qaeda and their minions, neither of whom wanted the elections to happen in the first place. But most importantly, I
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These Eight US States have Shrunk in 2016 0
- Culture
- January 16, 2017
New York, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Connecticut, Vermont, Illinois, and West Virginia all experienced shrinking populations in 2015-2016 according to figures recently released by the United States Census Bureau. This was in part due to internal migration by people seeking new employment opportunities, warmer weather or retirement in other states. Despite some states benefitting from migration
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That Teacher Who Got Impregnated by a 13-Year-Old Was Sentenced 0
- Culture
- January 16, 2017
Via the Washington Post: A former Texas middle-school teacher who was impregnated by a 13-year-old student has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Alexandria Vera, 25, was facing up to 30 years behind bars after pleading guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child in November. She admitted to police that a relationship that
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Not Everyone Has the Same Capacity for Learning 0
- Economics
- January 16, 2017
In America, since the first half of the 19th century, much energy has been expended on offering education to all citizens. At first, this desire for universal education was for an education in the basics. It gave birth to the Common School Movement (the progenitor of America’s public school system), which was guided in part
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My Lyft Ride with a Black Trump Supporter on MLK Day 0
- Culture
- January 16, 2017
The media narrative on American politics has become so tedious you don’t have to listen anymore. Every story seems to follow a formula, and never more so on than on the Martin Luther King holiday. Every headline proclaims how black Americans are horrified at Trump’s insensitivity to the historical plight of blacks in the civil
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