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How to Protect Californians from Wildfires 0
- Politics
- December 27, 2018
The release of the U.S. Climate Science Special Report—with its warning of worsening U.S. natural disasters—has sparked a renewed cry for global efforts to fight climate change. In California, outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown was quick to identify climate change (i.e., global warming) as the culprit behind the deadliest wildfire season the Golden State has seen.
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How America Grew Bored with Love 0
- Culture
- December 26, 2018
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Teacher: Stroking Egos Does Nothing for Students. Raising Expectations Does.0
- Education
- December 26, 2018
Armed with a bachelor of science in elementary education, I charged into my career as a teacher. I was immediately exposed to students at three levels of public schools: A rather wealthy district with an average IQ of 120. A classic, middle-class school. A school that is best described as a mini United Nations. In
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Saying You’re Against Fascists Doesn’t Excuse Acting Like One 0
- Culture
- December 26, 2018
On March 23, 1919, Benito Mussolini, an Italian veteran of the Great War and a publisher of socialist newspapers, created the Fasci di Combattimento (commonly known as the Fascist Party) with the help of a few syndicalist friends. Nearly one hundred years later, the word fascism remains at the forefront of our political discourse even though fascism
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The Ongoing Decline of the American Male 0
- Culture
- December 26, 2018
“We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.” ~ C.S. Lewis, The Abolition Of Man In the movie Falling Down, Bill Foster (Michael Douglas) is a defense engineer who has lost
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Why (Most) Right-Wing Intellectuals Hate Trump 0
- Education
- December 26, 2018
More than two years into President Trump’s historic presidency, it behooves us to think more deeply about a persistent sticking point in the political life of the nation: Why do (most) right-wing intellectuals loathe him? This kind of nearly unified opposition cries out for explanation. After all, it is not simply that all left-wing
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