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Of MAGA Street Art and Spit-Laden Coffee 0
- Politics
- July 22, 2020
The large “Black Lives Matter” slogan painted on the street of the courthouse square in Redwood City, California lasted roughly two weeks before city officials changed course and had the painting removed. The Washington Post reports that unlike other street paintings featuring Black Lives Matter messaging, this particular item was not afflicted by vandalism. Instead, Redwood City,
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Elon Musk’s Economic Truth Bomb to Joe Rogan 0
- Culture
- July 22, 2020
Elon Musk dropped an economic truth bomb on Joe Rogan’s podcast a couple of months ago. “If you don’t make stuff, there’s no stuff.” Obvious? You’d think so. But, as Musk pointed out, our economic policies throughout the COVID-19 pandemic have ignored that simple truth. The prevailing assumption is that the government can press “pause”
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The Rise of Woke Neurosurgery 0
- Politics
- July 21, 2020
As a general surgery intern rotating through the university hospital neurosurgery service, I was immersed in learning all day and frequently all night. There was so much to learn, and my Socratic chief resident often reminded me, “that’s why the program is so long.” Six years after medical school for a neurosurgery residency, actually, and
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‘Childfree’ May Not Be as Freeing as It Sounds 0
- Culture
- July 21, 2020
As The Guardian UK runs a whole series on being childfree, I wonder where they’ve put all the articles that make the case for having kids. Of course there are many reasons for choosing not to have a baby, but somehow we live in a world where that opinion seems more educated and high-minded than
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I’m a Black Man and I Don’t Support Georgia’s New Hate Crime Law 0
- Culture
- July 21, 2020
There’s an unavoidable truth that drives all political calculations: When a politically expeditious moment presents itself, politicians will seize upon it even at the risk of their convictions and credibility. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is the latest practitioner of such political opportunism. On June 26, in response to the death of Ahmed Arbery, Kemp, a
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The Real Story Behind the Chinese Exclusion Act 0
- Education
- July 21, 2020
Virtue-signaling is a must these days if you want to fit in. Even if you just want to keep your job, it seems one must spout platitudes about social justice, racism, and other woke matters of interest. But what happens when these virtues run up against each other? Which side does the woke crowd fall
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