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Sexual Desire is Immoral Because It’s Inherently Objectifying0
- Education
- December 12, 2016
The 18th-century philosopher Immanuel Kant believed that human beings tend to be evil. He wasn’t talking about some guy rubbing his hands and crowing with glee at the prospect of torturing an enemy. He was thinking about the basic human tendency to succumb to what we want to do instead of what we ought to
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Separatism: Did Everyone Miss a Global Trend of a Different Kind?0
- Culture
- December 12, 2016
The year 2016 will be remembered for two stunning developments: the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union and Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president. Both of these events have been described (correctly) as a populist revolt against globalization. As scholars at the Brookings Institute noted, “It is worth emphasizing that a resistance to globalization
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Kellyanne Conway and the Brave New Feminist World0
- Culture
- December 12, 2016
In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, children are raised collectively in institutions rather than nurtured by their mothers. In fact, motherhood is frowned upon. I was reminded of this last week, when Kellyanne Conway announced her decision not to accept a White House position in order to be with her children. Conway had to endure the
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Is it Okay to Tell Women to Dress Respectably?0
- Culture
- December 12, 2016
There’s a popular internet meme that says, “In a world full of Kardashians be a Grace,” referencing the classic style tastes of the late actress Grace Kelly. Queen’s University Belfast, a prestigious college in Ireland, recently made the same recommendation to its students in an article on what to wear for their graduation ceremony. Those
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How Politics Is Like a Nigerian Email Scam0
- Culture
- December 12, 2016
Comes this e-mail to me today from one Mr. Bintou Ojabo, with the subject line reading “I need your full trust”: DEAR ONE, PLEASE PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MY SELF TO YOU, MY NAME IS BINTOU OJABO, I AM 19 YEARS OLD, I AM THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR.DAVID OJABO WHO WAS A FAMOUS
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Why Don’t More People Teach Manners?0
- Culture
- December 9, 2016
As I was walking out the door of a CVS last week, a woman walked right into a man standing in place and kept going without a word. The man was visibly perturbed, and finally after a few seconds asked with exasperation, “Could you please just say ‘I’m sorry?’” He sounded desperate, as if in
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Whatever Happened to ‘Go Outside and Play’?0
- Culture
- December 9, 2016
CNN recently ran an article in which a number of older, more experienced mothers weighed in on the difference between raising children today and raising them 30 to 50 years ago. Each of the mothers contributed interesting insight, but veteran mother Judy Wallace hit upon one of the big elephants looming in the realm of
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The Evolution of King Arthur3
- Education
- December 9, 2016
The early trailers for Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) were released last (northern) summer, which means my favourite season in life as a medievalist academic is coming: the season of The Truth About King Arthur. It doesn’t matter if the movie itself is good or bad: the question I will be
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Professor’s Anti-Trump Rant Caught on Video, Goes Viral0
- Education
- December 9, 2016
Via CBS News: A political discussion in a college class touched off a firestorm, CBS Los Angeles reports. A college professor went off on President-elect Donald Trump in her Orange Coast College class. There are now threats of legal action. The human sexuality teacher, Olga Perez Stable Cox, called Mr. Trump’s election “an act of
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