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The 'Useless' Things Make Us More Fully Human
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Uncategorized
- May 19, 2025
A correspondent friend of mine from France recently lamented the changes in her country’s educational system and the falling test scores of French students. She then casually added, “I wish we would go back to the way we were taught in the 50s and 60s.” Her comment hit me like a bombshell. I was in
READ MOREEven in the glory days of #MeToo, I had my reservations. But one aspect of the movement gave me hope: it seemed refreshingly nonpartisan. Democrats John Conyers and Al Franken toppled alongside Republicans Trent Franks and Blake Farenthold. If there was to be a witch hunt, better that it seek out all the witches, not
READ MOREA man has been named as one of the top 100 women in business by the UK’s Financial Times and HERoes Champions of Women in Business list. Pips Bunce, who comes in at number 32, is Director / head of global markets core engineering strategic programs for Credit Suisse. No, Pips is not a trans woman, and
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READ MOREThe academic debate over gun control consists mainly of a war of statistics. New studies come out every few weeks, and as a result, both sides are constantly locking horns over the validity or invalidity of this-or-that study in this-or-that country. For those who aren’t formally trained in data analysis, this debate can seem impossible
READ MOREIn 1903, during America’s darkest period of hate, W. E. B. Du Bois heartbreakingly affirmed his intellectual affinity with Western civilization. “I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not. Across the color line I move arm in arm with Balzac and Dumas,” Du Bois wrote in “The Souls of Black Folk.” “I summon Aristotle and
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