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Maybe America Was Never ‘Great’?0
- History
- September 6, 2016
By now all of you have heard or seen Trump’s slogan of “Make America Great Again.” The slogan is a timely attempt to rally the still-patriotic contingent of U.S. citizens who hold to some level of American exceptionalism. But since first hearing the slogan I’ve had a nagging thought lingering in my head: Maybe America
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Why America Shouldn’t Make College ‘Free’1
- Education
- September 2, 2016
How often are we told by our friends on the left that America ought to follow the lead of Europe, specifically western Europe, and make college “free”? Pretty often, by my reckoning. In the waning years of my community college teaching days a student raised that very matter on the first day of class. Obviously,
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The Problem With America’s Legal System 0
- Education
- September 2, 2016
The political culture is buzzing with controversy surrounding institutional racism, police brutality, victimless crime persecution, and so forth. People are talking about the desperate need for criminal justice reform. But that would only scratch the surface of the real problem. A more fundamental take begins with the tragedy of the commons. The tragedy of the
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When Finance and Philosophy Clash 0
- Economics
- September 2, 2016
Few people in our materialistic and avaricious age would consider making money a moral issue. Isn’t it merely one of the bare necessities of life? We speak of a “healthy profit” but nobody speaks about an unhealthy profit. To do so would be absurd, wouldn’t it? Not if you listen to some of the great
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Political Science Needs More Viewpoint Diversity 0
- Education
- September 2, 2016
Would academic political science benefit from more viewpoint diversity? Let’s start with the good news, which is that political science isn’t nearly the worst-off discipline on campus. This is not because its intellectual demographics are so great. Surveys, such as this one, of faculty members’ voter registration data suggest that poli sci does not contain nearly as
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5 Foods That Can Help Depression 0
- Education
- September 2, 2016
Food is one of the most common things we turn to when life isn’t going our way. Something about eating delicious stuff makes the pain or anxiety we’re feeling a little less awful. But, if you’re one of the 350 million people who suffers from depression, you know all too well that it takes a lot more
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