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  • Is Social Media Tearing Us Apart?

    Is Social Media Tearing Us Apart?0

    It feels like 1968. How do I know this? Because everyone is saying so. (If you don’t believe me, look at this.) To be fair, there is grounds for the comparison. In 1968, the country was torn by urban violence, civil unrest, and (domestic) terrorism. College campuses were hotbeds and protesting was all the rage.

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  • Chicago: 75% of Murdered Are Black, 71% of Murderers Are Black

    Chicago: 75% of Murdered Are Black, 71% of Murderers Are Black0

    After hearing about a woman attempting to start a sex-strike in Chicago, ultimately based on the Ancient Greek play Lysistrata, to end the gun violence, we thought it would be good to dig into the numbers a little bit. We wish we hadn’t.  Simply put, Chicago has a massive Black-on-Black murder problem. All of the

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  • Calvin Coolidge’s Immigration Policy: Relevant Today?

    Calvin Coolidge’s Immigration Policy: Relevant Today?0

    In early July, Pew Research released a report on the election issues most concerning to the general public. Perhaps not surprisingly, the report showed a decided increase in concern about immigration compared to previous election years.   Such increases are likely spurred by talk of “building a wall,” the huge waves of migrants that Europe

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  • Welcome to the Chaos Stage of our Decline

    Welcome to the Chaos Stage of our Decline0

    Oddly enough, and despite the wretched news of another mass shooting right on the heels of several others, the latest reports from the Bureau of Justice Statistics indicate that gun violence is actually down. Statistically, we’re safer now than we were in the 1990s. Here are a couple highlights: Firearm-related homicides declined 39%, from 18,253

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  • Teacher: Students Crave Ethics Instruction

    Teacher: Students Crave Ethics Instruction0

    High school English teacher Paul Barnwell made two interesting observations yesterday in The Atlantic. The first was that his students have no moral compass. Barnwell discovered this when discussing various ethical issues with his class. His students were, he found, quite oblivious to internationally and historically accepted values of moral living. But perhaps such a

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  • Is Free Will an Illusion?

    Is Free Will an Illusion?0

    A little more than a year ago, I had the chance to talk with an extremely intelligent and talented scholar, one who had justly won a number of major awards. As we began to talk rather civilly over coffee and tea about our understandings of modern academia, this person said with some exasperation after I told

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  • History Quiz: Kings of Medieval England

    History Quiz: Kings of Medieval England0

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  • Harvard Scientist Explains what Porn does to your Brain

    Harvard Scientist Explains what Porn does to your Brain3

    As we’ve previously noted, it’s difficult to get consistent answers on the alleged dangers of pornography. Scientific research on the subject varies widely. It’s safe to say that Kevin Majeres, a psychiatrist specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy and a faculty member of Harvard Medical School, is among those who view pornography as harmful. Writing on the

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  • Brutal Reviews of Shakespeare from the 1600s

    Brutal Reviews of Shakespeare from the 1600s0

    In 1660, Samuel Pepys, a 26-year-old civil servant in London, started writing a diary. He kept it up for about a decade before quitting, and the surviving record offers historians a rich glimpse into daily life in 17th century England. Take this entry from March 1, 1661. Pepys, an avid fan of theater, recorded his

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