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Don’t Believe Those Who Say Liberal Arts Degrees Aren’t Worth It 0
- Education
- May 11, 2017
Zachary First, Managing Director of the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University, opines at PayScale.com on just how misguided is the question: “Can we, in economic terms, justify investing in a degree in the humanities?” In an article titled, “When the Humanities are Worth It,” First gives an example of a degree that, ten years ago, no
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An Absolutely Shocking Statistic about America’s Education System 0
- May 11, 2017
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Cultural Appropriation Column Costs Magazine Editor His Job 0
- Culture
- May 11, 2017
Via National Post: The editor of the Writers’ Union of Canada’s magazine has resigned after complaints over an article he wrote in which he said he doesn’t believe in cultural appropriation. Hal Niedzviecki, editor of Write — a publication for the union’s members — published an opinion piece in the spring 2017 issue titled “Writer’s
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How Government Regulations Made Healthcare So Expensive 0
- Economics
- May 10, 2017
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” declared philosopher George Santayana. The U.S. ”health care cost crisis” didn’t start until 1965. The government increased demand with the passage of Medicare and Medicaid while restricting the supply of doctors and hospitals. Health care prices responded at twice the rate of inflation (Figure
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Moral Grandstanding is More Than Merely Annoying; It’s Immoral 0
- Culture
- May 10, 2017
We’ve done it. You probably have, too. No matter what we believe about morality or politics, we’ve all used moral talk to project an impressive and morally respectable image of ourselves. Suppose, for instance, that one of us, in an effort to impress his friends with his sterling character, says, ‘I have long stood on
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‘A Handmaid’s Tale’: Now in Feminist Imaginations Everywhere 3
- Literature
- May 10, 2017
And the award for most contrived, unrealistic, and preachy television drama goes to… I’ve always thought that the best way to ruin a book’s audience is to make a movie out of it. Once the movie is made (and if it is successful), no one wants to read the book anymore. I’m thinking Lord of
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