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What Spawned Abdul Artan’s Rage?0
- Culture
- December 6, 2016
Abdul Artan was the Somali immigrant who recently terrorized the Ohio State campus. A fellow student described Abdul as “measured and intellectual, not angry or violent.” A friend described him as “sweet and humble” and said Abdul “loved America.” Likewise, relatives said he was a “nice young man and a good student.” While some people
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Media’s Hit Job on Chip and Joanna Gaines is Dangerous 0
- Culture
- December 6, 2016
By now most people have probably heard about BuzzFeed’s odd story on Chip and Joanna Gaines, co-hosts of HGTV’s hit show Fixer Upper. In case you somehow missed it, Brandon Ambrosino offers a tidy summary of BuzzFeed writer Kate Aurthur’s 1,200-word story at the Washington Post: Two popular celebrities might oppose same-sex marriage because the pastor of the
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Take the PISA Test 0
- Education
- December 6, 2016
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The Historical Origin of ‘Political Correctness’0
- Culture
- December 5, 2016
In the November issue of Claremont Review of Books, Angelo M. Codevilla wrote a deep-dive article on the rise of political correctness in America. The phrase “politically correct” is ubiquitous in America today. I complain about political correctness now and again, but I’d never given any thought to the phrase’s origins. Codevilla, however, offers a fascinating
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Why Schools Shouldn’t Teach Generic Critical-Thinking 0
- Education
- December 5, 2016
Being an air-traffic controller is not easy. At the heart of the job is a cognitive ability called ‘situational awareness’ that involves ‘the continuous extraction of environmental information [and the] integration of this information with prior knowledge to form a coherent mental picture’. Vast amounts of fluid information must be held in the mind and,
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Chesterton: In Defense of Eating that Christmas Turkey 0
- Culture
- December 5, 2016
The holiday season is here, and with it comes the dance to make sure nobody is offended. Want to have a holiday party at work? Better make it a generic potluck so the Jehovah’s Witness will come. Concerned that the Charlie Brown Christmas play is too religious in nature? Better neutralize it so no one
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