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There’s a Reason the Names of These Great Thinkers are Etched in Stone 0
- Culture
- October 11, 2019
I’ll trade you one queer theorist, one native American novelist, a Chinese writer, and five feminists for six Greeks and two Romans. Homer. Herodotus. Sophocles. Plato. Aristotle. Demosthenes. Cicero. Virgil. These are names that strike fear in the hearts of our cultural elites. Unfortunately for the elites at Ivy League schools like Columbia University, these
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How Big Tech Smeared Brett Kavanaugh and Protected Jeffrey Epstein 0
- Culture
- October 11, 2019
While the New York Times‘ Robin Pogrebin’s and Kate Kelly’s The Education of Brett Kavanaugh turned out to be a giant dud, it did expose Silicon Valley’s complicity in the false smears against the Supreme Court justice. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of Microsoft’s LinkedIn, and Zynga founder Mark Pincus lent a private jet to Christine Blasey Ford to testify at Kavanaugh’s
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Why Barack Obama Was Particularly Unsuited to Live up to the Ideals of the Nobel Peace Prize 0
- History
- October 11, 2019
A decade ago, in October 2009, Barack Obama learned that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was uncomfortable with the prize, saying that he didn’t feel that he deserved “to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who’ve been honored by this prize.” Nonetheless, he added that he would
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Women Can’t Have It All 0
- Culture
- October 11, 2019
Oct. 11 marks the International Day of the Girl. An initiative by the United Nations, the Day of the Girl aims “to help galvanize worldwide enthusiasm for goals to better girls’ lives, providing an opportunity for them to show leadership and reach their full potential.” Day of the Girl celebrations in the U.S. seek to
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Money Talks: China and the NBA 0
- October 10, 2019
On October 4, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted a message of support for the protesters in Hong Kong: “Fight for freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.” On October 6 the National Basketball Association’s Chief Communications Officer Mike Bass offered an official apology for this tweet. “We are extremely disappointed for the … inappropriate remarks.
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Americans Just Love Cheating 0
- Culture
- October 10, 2019
“CBS This Morning” in August featured a story titled “The staggering cost of fertility treatments,” which reported that in vitro fertilizations (IVF) “cost more than $10,000 per cycle and freezing your eggs on average is between $30,000 and $40,000.” CBS interviewed Julie Alvin of Refinery 29, which on Aug. 19 featured an article titled “I’m 40, Have Little Savings,
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