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  • Climate Science and Politics Don’t Mix

    Climate Science and Politics Don’t Mix0

    The widely understood libertarian environment has lately published a multitude of very eloquent articles about how to approach the global warming issue, what to think about “established science,” and whether or not to be “agnostic.” Those materials, however well written, fail to see the core of the scientific method — which is again understandable since their authors have been

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  • The Chicken and the Egg of Educational Choice

    The Chicken and the Egg of Educational Choice0

    Tell me if you’ve heard this chestnut before: “We can’t let parents choose their child’s school because they don’t have enough information to make a good choice.” Lord knows I have. Like many old adages that have a kernel of truth suffocating under a pile of manure, this statement does have some merit. Insofar as

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  • Black Markets Are Saving Lives in North Korea

    Black Markets Are Saving Lives in North Korea0

    North Korea could, arguably, be considered the nation-state equivalent of a time-capsule; a society perpetually stuck in the cold-war era. For all the hermit state has been discussed, it is seldom (if ever) noted for progression, growth, or change of any sort. This makes it all the more surprising that North Korea may actually represent

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  • Are You Guilty of ‘Virtue-Signaling?’

    Are You Guilty of ‘Virtue-Signaling?’0

    British author James Bartholomew has secured his place in history. Recently, he invented the perfect phrase for our times: “virtue signaling.” Virtue signaling is the popular modern habit of indicating that one has virtue merely by expressing disgust or favor for certain political ideas, cultural happenings, or even the weather. When a liberal goes on

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  • Why Philosophy is so Important in Science Education

    Why Philosophy is so Important in Science Education0

    Each semester, I teach courses on the philosophy of science to undergraduates at the University of New Hampshire. Most of the students take my courses to satisfy general education requirements, and most of them have never taken a philosophy class before. On the first day of the semester, I try to give them an impression

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  • School Kids Don’t Need ‘Wiggle Chairs.’ They Need a Real Recess.

    School Kids Don’t Need ‘Wiggle Chairs.’ They Need a Real Recess.0

    It isn’t easy being a kid these days: the school day has changed a great deal since the current generation of grade school kids’ parents were in school. With a greater emphasis on school work and testing, something in the school day had to disappear to make way for the focus on more academic pursuits

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