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  • Being Intelligent Doesn’t Require You To Be a Jerk

    Being Intelligent Doesn’t Require You To Be a Jerk0

    Intellectual types are usually kind of jerks, right? At least, that’s the prevalent stereotype. We know that Mark Zuckerberg screwed over his good friend Eduardo Saverin. We’ve heard that Jeff Bezos of Amazon delivers some harsh insults to people in meetings. There are numerous complaints from professors that many of their academic colleagues are unpleasant

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  • 5 Diseases You’re More Likely to Develop by Not Sleeping Enough

    5 Diseases You’re More Likely to Develop by Not Sleeping Enough0

    If you haven’t learned yet through personal experience, not getting enough sleep can be one of the most detrimental things to a person’s overall well-being. In fact, various different studies have discovered that prolonged periods of sleep deprivation can have devastating health consequences. Here are five diseases and chronic conditions that have been linked to

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  • 12-Year-Old Finds Knife at School, Turns it in, Gets Suspended For a Year

    12-Year-Old Finds Knife at School, Turns it in, Gets Suspended For a Year0

    Via Newschannel 3 out of Michigan: A Branch County mother says her son was suspended from school for doing the right thing. Kyler Davies, a 7th grade student, found a pocket knife in his backpack. His mom tells us she bought the bag at Goodwill and never checked it. When her son found it, he

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  • Universities Are Embracing Segregation Again (Just Don’t Call It Segregation)

    Universities Are Embracing Segregation Again (Just Don’t Call It Segregation)0

    Earlier this week, it was announced that San Francisco State University would offer segregated housing for African-American students. CBS SFBayArea reports: New student housing designed for African-American students and culture is coming to San Francisco State University. African-American students make up just under 6 percent of the campus population and it’s unclear how many dorm

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  • The ‘Sick’ Reason Students Are Reading Less and Less

    The ‘Sick’ Reason Students Are Reading Less and Less0

    A couple of years ago, Common Sense Media reported a dramatic increase in the number of children who rarely – if ever – read. In 1984, just under 10 percent of children ages 13 and 17 reported doing so; by 2012, those numbers had risen to 22 percent and 27 percent respectively. So why aren’t

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  • Opposition to Galileo was scientific, not just religious

    Opposition to Galileo was scientific, not just religious0

    In 1614, when the telescope was new technology, a young man in Germany published a book filled with illustrations of the exciting new things being discovered telescopically: moons circling Jupiter, moon-like phases of Venus, spots on the Sun, the rough and cratered lunar surface. The young man was Johann Georg Locher, and his book was

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  • Mediocrity: The Force Driving Parents to Homeschool?

    Mediocrity: The Force Driving Parents to Homeschool?0

    It’s no secret that homeschooling has been on the rise in the U.S. What’s more surprising, however, is how homeschooling is spreading throughout the United Kingdom… and Saudi Arabia… and other countries as well. The latest news on the homeschooling front suggests that this educational practice is set to gain momentum in another foreign country:

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  • McDonald’s Sacks 70 Accountants, Replaces Them With Foreign Workers

    McDonald’s Sacks 70 Accountants, Replaces Them With Foreign Workers0

    Disney made headlines last year when the company laid off some 250 employees and then required them to train their replacements—immigrants on temporary H-1B visas—if they wanted to receive their severance package. (Two of the former Disney workers are now suing Disney.) McDonald’s, America’s most iconic fast food chain, reportedly has taken a similar course.

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  • Is It Racist To Want Stricter Border Controls?

    Is It Racist To Want Stricter Border Controls?0

    After last week’s post about the potential end of Europe as we know it, today I want to share with you a piece from the New York Times about the reaction of people in Denmark to the rise in Muslim migration there over the last two or so years.  The article interviews a number of

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