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7 Awful Responses from Famous People to the London Attacks 0
- Culture
- June 5, 2017
The bodies of the seven people slain in a grisly terrorist attack in London over the weekend had yet to cool—literally—before the political food fight began. There will be plenty of time to debate Islamic terrorism and the appropriate public policy responses to this and other events, but it’s both prudent and tasteful to resist
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Ex-College Democrat President: 4 Reasons the College Left is Eating its Own 0
- Culture
- June 5, 2017
There are many startling things about the campus outrage movement, including the escalation of violence and the decline of rational discourse. But perhaps one of the most startling and unexpected things is the fact that opposition to the movement is increasingly bipartisan. Early on, opposition came largely from conservative camps, the reason being that protestors
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Taco Tuesday’s Days Might Be Numbered. Because Cultural Appropriation 0
- Culture
- June 5, 2017
A burrito cart in Portland recently closed after citizens of one of America’s most progressive cities charged its owners with cultural appropriation. Accused of exploiting a marginalized culture by serving its food, two white women and their breakfast burritos were forced into early retirement. Does this signify the collapse of ethnic cuisine? Are all Mexican
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6 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Books Actually Worth Reading 4
- Culture
- June 2, 2017
When I was a young teen, I found it odd that so many assigned books were, well, rubbish. Many of these books were critically acclaimed, and some of them had even won literary awards. But oftentimes authors seemed verbose, overwrought, and moralistic (in a postmodern sense). No, the pipe-smoking literary snobs in their tweed coats
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Why Emotionally Abusive Women Are Given a Pass in Pop Culture 0
- Culture
- June 2, 2017
Cultural commentary is usually interesting because it’s easy to relate to. Even if you don’t agree with the author’s conclusion or any soft political message, you recognize the scenes and situations that the writer describes. Yet as I read Karen Rinaldi’s article in Motto (an online project of Time), I thought she must live on
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Scientists may have discovered evidence of a parallel universe 0
- Science
- June 2, 2017
Scientists have long tried to explain the origin of a mysterious, large and anomalously cold region of the sky. In 2015, they came close to figuring it out as a study showed it to be a “supervoid” in which the density of galaxies is much lower than it is in the rest of the universe.
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