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People of Color Can’t Be Racist Says New College Guide 0
- Culture
- January 31, 2017
Via Campus Reform: A tri-college coalition in Pennsylvania has published a resource guide on “allyship and anti-oppression” that brazenly affirms people of color cannot be racist towards white people. The guide, made available for students attending Haverford, Swarthmore, and Bryn Mawr Colleges, provides a seemingly-exhaustive list of terms on the topic, including “reverse racism,” which,
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‘On Bullshit’: A Text for the Times 0
- Culture
- January 30, 2017
It’s rare to find a book of philosophy which is so relevant to the debates of the day that it could have appeared on an op-ed page. But such is On Bullshit, by an emeritus professor at Princeton University, Harry Frankfurt. It first appeared in an academic journal in 1986 and 20 years later a
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Common Sense Is Getting Lost in the Immigration Debate 0
- History
- January 30, 2017
One of the early-medieval words and concepts I’ve thought about bringing back is the ‘thede’. In old England, the ‘thede’ referred to the tribe. It was a familial, rather than an abstract, descriptor of the people or the nation. Even though it had a certain standing in common law, the thede is not to be
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Is Parental Fear of Boredom Overworking Kids?0
- Culture
- January 30, 2017
Growing up, I knew better than to utter those two infamous words of childhood: “I’m bored.” The reason I rarely uttered them was because I knew that my mother would immediately find some type of chore to “entertain” me with. Today’s kids rarely utter the “I’m bored” phrase either. Only their reason for not doing
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Can the Nazis be Forgiven? Exploring the Complexities of Forgiveness 0
- History
- January 30, 2017
Friday, Jan. 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day – an annual day that honors the memories of the victims of the Nazi era. Seven decades after Hitler perpetrated his terrible genocide on the Jewish people, the world is faced with a disturbing question: Can the Nazis be forgiven? As a member of a Jewish family
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Super-Rich Survivalists Are Preparing for an Apocalypse 0
- Culture
- January 30, 2017
Have you ever imagined what you would do in the event of a zombie apocalypse without the zombies? End times without the return of the savior? A nuclear winter? An environmental catastrophe? A bloody revolution? Most of us have, but preparing for the apocalypse seems pointless. At most, we might drive to the local warehouse
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