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When Warming Up a Car in Winter Becomes a Crime0
- Education
- January 11, 2017
Via WXYZ Detroit: Did you know you could get fined for heating up your car? One man’s parking ticket has gone viral, with thousands of views after he was ticketed for heating up his car in his own driveway. Taylor Trupiano says he’s still shaking his head over a parking ticket he got on his
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CIA Claims Russia Has Pervy Dirt on Trump. But Did They Get Trolled?0
- Culture
- January 11, 2017
We’ve officially entered the Twilight Zone. Tuesday night, several media outlets opted to run with the details surrounding unsubstantiated claims that Russia has (gross) dirt on president-elect Donald Trump. The claims, which come from an addendum to a CIA report compiled by a former British intelligence officer, assert that Moscow has been supporting Trump for
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American Studies All ‘Racism, Sexism, and Imperialism’ Now, Prof Says0
- Culture
- January 11, 2017
My academic field, American Studies, is the interdisciplinary study of American cultures, past and present. Once it was a vibrant and useful discipline. Today, I’m sad to report, it is a regular source for “What wacky stuff are they up to on campus?” articles and blogs. These days, when American Studies captures any attention, it’s
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A Neuroscientist Explains Why So Many Children Can’t Read0
- Education
- January 11, 2017
By now we’ve probably all heard the statistics. Just a little over 1 in 3 American 4th graders are able to read proficiently. Unfortunately, that statistic doesn’t get better as time goes by. Consider the following statistics: 14% of adults can’t read. Only 13% of adults can read at a proficient level. 28% of adults
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You are here Georgia Tech Prof. Resigns, Cites Politicization of Academia0
- Education
- January 10, 2017
A climate scientist at Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Judith Curry, abruptly resigned last week citing “craziness in the field of climate science” and the politicization of academia. Via her blog, Climate Etc.: Effective January 1, I have resigned my tenured faculty position at Georgia Tech…. Technically, my resignation is a retirement event, since I
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Who’s Afraid of RT?0
- International
- January 10, 2017
A 14-page report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has concluded that during last year’s election campaign Russia tried “to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency” and promote the candidacy of Donald Trump. The report is a non-classified version of a
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Thomas Paine on the Dangers of Elitism0
- Culture
- January 10, 2017
On January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published a little pamphlet known as Common Sense. The pamphlet would become one of the many sparks lighting the fire for the American Revolution. Thomas Paine made any number of important and influential comments in his little book including the following: “Men who look upon themselves born to reign,
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The Tortured Logic of the Gender Revolutionaries0
- Culture
- January 10, 2017
National Geographic, the magazine that recently ran a cover story on the most influential figures in ancient history but left out Moses and Jesus, is now trying its hand at gender theory. Its new cover story is entitled “How Science is Helping Us Understand the Gender Revolution.” Finally, a scientist is going to tell us
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Study: Textbooks Are Super Biased0
- Culture
- January 10, 2017
Unless I miss my guess, many of us have never been huge fans of textbooks. They’re boring. Impersonal. And as a new study published in Current Psychology reports, textbooks may also be… biased. Researchers Christopher Ferguson, Jeffrey Brown, and Amanda Torres set out to explore this bias specifically in regard to the basic psychology textbooks
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