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The Ignored Factor in New Zealand’s Mass Shooting 0
- Culture
- March 21, 2019
What turned Brenton Tarrant, the 28-year-old Australian who murdered 50 people at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, last week into a mass killer? We’ll never know for sure. The media has been full of speculation. The suspects include extreme right-wing ideologies, racism, toxic masculinity, resentment of immigrants, first person shooter video games, the internet,
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Marvel’s Mentorship Crisis 0
- Culture
- March 20, 2019
Are you growing weary of superhero films? Many viewers are, but others still fill the theaters, especially if the film presents the opportunity to enjoy another cameo of the now deceased father of the Marvel Universe, Stan Lee. I’m in this latter camp. I find it hard to resist the appeal of a good fight-scene,
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Professor Explains How Hiring Really Works at Universities 0
- Education
- March 20, 2019
Growing up, I was taught that fairness and justice required giving people their due. This meant that achievement and merit were the universal criteria for reward. Particular criteria such as gender, race, sexuality, and ethnicity should not matter, for to exclude people on these grounds would be bigotry. How times have changed! Now our official
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Politicizing Pediatrics: How the AAP’s Transgender Guidelines Undermine Trust in Medical Authority 1
- Culture
- March 20, 2019
What should you do if your five-year-old son tells you that he is a girl? The proportion of children and young adults who say that they are transgender is rising at an extraordinary rate, not only in the United States but in other countries as well. In 2009–2010, only forty girls in the United Kingdom requested reassignment
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Twitter Removed My Blue Checkmark After I Took My Husband’s Last Name. Here’s How I Got It Back.0
- Culture
- March 20, 2019
After getting married, the decision to take on my husband’s last name was a difficult one. In addition to the financial cost and social awkwardness of changing your identity, the process is so labor-intensive that there’s an app for that. Seriously. For $99, you can “change your name in minutes” on HitchSwitch, a concierge service
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I Talked with New Jersey’s “Wanted” Ivan the Troll to Find Out if 3D Printed Guns Are a True Threat 0
- Politics
- March 20, 2019
What if everything you thought about 3D-printed guns was wrong? I know what you’re thinking. How is this article different from the 50+ articles written beforehand? Well, how many of those journalists do you think consulted with someone who spends a decent amount of their time 3D-printing guns? How many inaccuracies do you think they
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