Politics

Study: The Surprising Connection Between Your Politics and Happiness 3
- Featured, Politics, Science
- April 1, 2024
Do your politics determine—or at least predict—your mental health? Recent research indicates that the answer is “yes.” A study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology found a correlation between agreement with social justice mantras (colloquially referred to as “wokeness”) and depression, anxiety, and lack of happiness. As reported by the New York Post, researchers
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Voters Beware: Google Interferes in US Elections 3
- Politics, Featured
- March 28, 2024
A brand new investigation has found that Google interfered in American elections at least 41 times over the last 16 years. Published on March 18, the Media Research Center Special Report traced election interference efforts by the world’s most popular search engine all the way back to the 2008 election of former President Barack Obama. “In
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Ketanji Brown Jackson Said What About the First Amendment?6
- Politics, Featured
- March 26, 2024
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (KBJ) raised eyebrows last week for remarks she made about the First Amendment during oral arguments for Murthy v. Missouri, a landmark case scrutinizing the federal government’s say over social media content. Justice Jackson is the most recent appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court, having been nominated by President
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We Shouldn’t Be This Invested in a Presidential Election 1
- History, Politics
- March 22, 2024
The reality of a Trump-Biden rematch has provoked a torrent of weeping and gnashing of teeth in the mainstream media. One article after another had declared the 2020 redux as the matchup Americans “don’t want” and are “least excited about,” with one pollster describing it as a “cruel joke.” All of this consternation highlights one of the
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Who Is Dividing Americans? And Why?5
- Featured, Culture, Politics
- March 20, 2024
In a podcast interview with Jordan Peterson, country musician and internet sensation Oliver Anthony expressed puzzlement over the divided state of America. “We’ve gotten to a point where it’s easier for us to try find differences and faults in each other instead of similarities,” he began, before offering a corrective: “We all hold much more
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How We’re Rippling Our Way to Tyranny 3
- Culture, Politics
- March 13, 2024
One of the favorite pastimes of my often competitive family growing up was seeing who could get the most “skips” from a stone thrown into the low-tide waters at the beach. This is a game that, as anyone who has played it knows, places a great deal of emphasis on correctly choosing the right rocks.
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