Culture

The Bystander Effect: Myth or Fact?0
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- July 9, 2019
In the first part of Seinfeld’s finale, Jerry and his friends Elaine, George, and Kramer witness a carjacking. Instead of intervening to protect the victim, they stand by laughing and filming the incident. They don’t even contact the police. When a cop finally does show up, however, the group finds themselves under arrest for violating
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Three Lessons an Ancient Text Can Teach About Human Dignity 1
- Culture
- July 9, 2019
Modern society shouts for more handouts to the poor. Yet when it comes to actually giving to charity or helping those in need, less than one-third of Americans volunteered in 2017. Modern society also demands better education for children, but secretly acts like it would rather have no children at all. Finally, modern society idolizes
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‘Hold The Mayo’: Me and Mickey D’s 0
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- July 9, 2019
It’s nearly noon, and I need fuel – not for my car or home, but for me. And because of my budget, I need cheap fuel. It’s time for the Golden Arches. Where else can I pay less than five dollars for two chicken sandwiches – “Hold the mayo, please” – and a Diet Coke?
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It’s Not Just Her: The Worst Thing About Teaching 0
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- July 8, 2019
Tara Blair Ball has taught for nine years. And she hates teaching. At the end of the school year, she published an article on Medium entitled, “The #1 Reason Why I Hate Teaching.” Inspired by a complaint received at the end of the school year, Ball explains how a parent was upset that her daughter
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The Roots of Political Correctness 0
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- July 8, 2019
Over the last thirty years, political correctness has metastasized. Today, so many politically-correct assumptions have become mainstream that, as Tocqueville once predicted, they have narrowed our questions and our ability to question, rather than actually tell us the exact answers to things. Over the last decade, it has become normal for students, professors, and the
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To Be Happy, First Be Pessimistic 0
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- July 8, 2019
We all want to be happy, but we’re not terribly good at it. As a result, for centuries philosophers have wrestled with how to attain happiness. Few, though, have offered as novel an answer as Marcus Aurelius, one of Rome’s greatest emperors. Ready for it? Be a pessimist. This is admittedly an unappealing proposition, ranking
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