Culture

What the Reaction to MPR Raccoon Tells Us About Millennials 0
- Culture
- June 15, 2018
Perhaps you heard, but the raccoon that scaled the UBS building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was just using its superpower instincts. As Suzanne MacDonald, a psychologist from York University studying urban raccoons, notes in an article for The Washington Post, the newly dubbed #mprraccoon was just hungry and curious— and also happens to have Spiderman
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The Op-Ed on Diversity that Got a Best-Selling American Author Sacked by Penguin 0
- Culture
- June 15, 2018
Lionel Shriver, an American author best known for her 2003 novel We Need to Talk About Kevin, was troubled by an email a colleague forwarded to her regarding Penguin Random House’s new literary and hiring policies. The letter stated that the publishing giant would remove “the need for a university degree from nearly all our
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Who’s on the Right Side of History?1
- Culture
- June 15, 2018
It has become a commonplace in modern political polemic to talk about being on the right side of history. It is a phrase commonly employed by those who consider themselves “enlightened” or “progressive” and is used to condemn political opponents for being on the wrong side of history, or as being historically incorrect. As usual,
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An Atheist Explains the True Reason Religion Terrifies Him 1
- Culture
- June 14, 2018
Millennials are notorious for many things: student debt, perpetual childhood, high self-esteem, and even low work ethic. But in the last few years, millennials have also become characterized by another feature, namely, a lack of religion. As Pew Research explains, millennials make up a major part in the growth of the “nones,” individuals who “describe
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I Went to DC’s Gay Pride Parade. Here Are 9 Things I Saw.0
- Culture
- June 14, 2018
Editor’s note: This article accurately describes a “gay pride” event and contains language and images that may offend some readers. Thousands of gay rights activists and their supporters celebrated Saturday in Washington, D.C., by participating in and watching the city’s gay pride parade. The “Pride Month” parade consisted of over 200 floats in addition to
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What Jordan Peterson and Quentin Tarantino Understand About Chaos and Moral Responsibility 0
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- June 14, 2018
In the popular imagination, Quentin Tarantino has become something of a poster boy for style over substance. His films appear to be “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing,” perfectly embodying—with their senseless violence, unrealistic dialogue, postmodern style, and recent turn toward social justice themes—the forces of what Canadian psychologist and conservative public intellectual Jordan
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