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Why Saying ‘Let Me Know if There’s Anything I Can Do to Help’ is Not Actually Helpful 219
- Culture
- January 29, 2018
“Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help you.” In our society, it’s practically required to say this when a fellow human being tells you they’re going through a hard time. I’ve said it. You’ve probably said it. And what did it achieve? Not a whole lot, I’m guessing. I would know.
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‘What’s Wrong with the World?’0
- Philosophy
- January 26, 2018
Just over a century ago G. K. Chesterton wrote a book that is as relevant today as it was then. In fact, its title remains as relevant today as it was then: “What’s Wrong with the World.” Would Mr. Chesterton be surprised and/or disappointed to learn that there are still things wrong today? Not at
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‘Critical Theory’ Needs a Good Critique 0
- Education
- January 26, 2018
By now, almost everybody is familiar with the phenomenon of “social justice warriors”, a.k.a. SJWs. Originally it was a pejorative moniker, but it seems that its bearers have recently adopted it as a badge of honor. SJWs embrace a “critique” of various forms of “oppression”: racism, “the patriarchy,” “heteronormativity,” and capitalist exploitation of the poor
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PBA Cards: When Corruption Is a Job Perk 0
- Culture
- January 26, 2018
I recall quite vividly the day I first witnessed the potency of the “get out of jail free” cards issued by Police Benevolent Associations. I was a teenager in the New Jersey suburbs headed to a concert with a car full of friends, and our driver was so caught up in conversation about what a
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Did Trump Throw the First Pitch in a Trade War with China?0
- Economics
- January 26, 2018
Despite receiving billions of dollars in subsidies, the U.S. solar panel manufacturing industry is not competitive with Chinese imports. There is a robust solar industry in the United States; it’s just not in the manufacture of panels. As the Wall Street Journal explains: “The U.S. solar industry has discovered that its comparative advantage lies not
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How a Woman Can Know if a Man Truly Loves Her 0
- Culture
- January 26, 2018
If asked to name one of the world’s most foremost novels on relationships between men and women, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice would undoubtedly be in the running. Indeed, Mr. Darcy has somehow become synonymous with the idea of a perfect gentleman. But while Austen-mania grips modern culture, its decorum does not. Modern day Lizzys
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