Culture

Psychologist: America’s Suicide Crisis Linked to ‘Lack of Meaning’0
- Culture
- June 26, 2018
As an addendum to my blogpost from a couple of weeks ago (and to Shelia Liaugminas’ subsequent, related post) I would like to share this piece published in the New York Times. Clay Routledge, professor of psychology from North Dakota State University, has tried to account for the alarming rise in suicides across the US
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Denying Someone a Place to Eat Violates Timeless Norms of Hospitality that Go Back to the Homeric Age 0
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- June 26, 2018
On Feb. 1, 1960, four college students in Greensboro, North Carolina—Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil— sat down at the lunch counter in Woolworth’s and tried to order a bite to eat. They were denied. Authorities were called. Police did not arrest the young men, citing a lack of provocation. So,
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Why are People So Obsessed with Superhero Movies?0
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- June 26, 2018
It’s safe to say that America has a love affair with superhero movies. In 2017, five of the 10 highest grossing films were about superheroes, as are three of the top five so far this year. Films such as Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War have shattered box office records and captured the public’s affection.
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Embracing Liberty as a Life Philosophy 0
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- June 26, 2018
FEE’s eminent founder, Leonard E. Read, often opined that it was the duty of every lover of liberty to introduce it to others “as a life philosophy.” It’s a phrase we at FEE still use today, and every day. We’re able to preach it with conviction because we practice it with passion. What does it
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Hits the PC Guillotine 1
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- June 25, 2018
Growing up, I never got into stories with knights and fair maidens. Walking around in princess dresses while imagining I was trapped in a castle by a vicious dragon? Not interested. But give me a sunbonnet and braid my hair and I was lost in the world of Laura Ingalls. I still remember being in
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Why ‘Permit Patty’ Called Police on an 8-Year-Old Girl Selling Water 0
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- June 25, 2018
On Saturday, July 23rd, Alison Ettel called police on a young girl selling water without a permit in Oakland, CA. The girl’s relative caught a video of Ettel, tweeted it out, and an Internet rage mob had identified her and her business within hours. Twitter quickly dubbed the then-unidentified woman in the video #PermitPatty. The
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