Culture

The Anti-Gun Movement’s Use of Child Crusaders Debases National Discourse 0
- Culture
- March 28, 2018
Impassioned by the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas shooting that left 17 families without loved ones and a school forever changed, Cameron Kasky, Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, and other MSD students have embarked on a crusade for stricter gun laws—and become de facto spokespersons for the anti-gun movement. With emotions still raw and wounds both physical and
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Why Men Are Being Told to ‘Be Careful’ About Holding a Door Open for a Woman 0
- Culture
- March 28, 2018
Recently my workplace instigated new measures to ensure a safer, more equitable environment. This included learning what constitutes sexual harassment. As part of this exercise, I was asked to rate the acceptability of a man holding a door open for a woman. Although it was deemed “generally acceptable,” men were advised to be careful with
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The Real Reason We Have Mass Shootings 0
- Culture
- March 27, 2018
One of the unavoidable tragedies of youth is the temptation to think that what is seen today has always been. Nowhere is this more noticeable than in our responses to the recent Parkland, Florida, massacre. Part of the responses to those murders are calls to raise the age to purchase a gun and to have
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A Generation of Visigoths: Neil Postman’s Graduation Speech 30 Years Later 0
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- March 27, 2018
Neil Postman (1931- 2003) was one of the most prolific and influential American intellectuals of the 20th century. A longtime educator at NYU, Postman authored 18 books and more than 200 articles in the nation’s top magazines and newspapers, such as The Atlantic, Time magazine, and Harper’s Magazine. Part of Postman’s immense popularity, I’ve long
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The Sexual Revolution’s Unwanted Progeny 0
- Culture
- March 27, 2018
A few months ago, I wrote about the sexual revolution that needs to happen, but won’t. Partly because the more powerful can, and often do, elicit grudging “consent” from the less powerful, seeing mutual consent as the sole moral criterion for sexual interactions is problematic. That’s one of the sexual revolution’s unwanted progeny. We need
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Genetics—Not Fancy Schools—Largely Determine Academic Success, Study Finds 0
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- March 27, 2018
Late last week, an article in the U.K. Telegraph caught my eye. It reported on a new study which found that selective grammar schools – akin to what the U.S. might refer to as college-prep schools – aren’t necessarily the key to producing smart kids. The thing that does produce smart, academically successful kids is
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