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Mohammed Cartoon Publisher: The Definition of Tolerance has Changed0
- Culture
- April 11, 2017
A little more than a decade ago, Europe erupted over several cartoon drawings of the prophet Mohammed published in a Danish newspaper. For the man at the heart of the controversy, newspaper publisher Flemming Rose, the experience was an unpleasant one whose repercussions have continued to this day. In a recent interview for Reason Magazine,
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Techniques of 19th-century fake news reporter teach us why we are suckers for it0
- Culture
- April 10, 2017
Donald Trump appears to have a straightforward definition of fake news: Stories that are critical of him or his presidency are “fake,” while those that praise him are “real.” On the surface, the logic doesn’t hold up. But at the same time, the way Trump thinks about fake news points to a key reason why
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Has America’s Middle Class Been Fleeced?0
- Economics
- April 10, 2017
Noah Smith, writing in Bloomberg, says that middle class America has indeed been fleeced by our national economic policies. We agree. But which policies have been responsible? Smith mentions and immediately dismisses trade, immigration, economic regulation, and welfare policies. The real villain in his view is an alleged turn toward managing the economy on free market
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5 Attributes of Thought Leaders0
- Philosophy
- April 10, 2017
Have you ever asked yourself, what makes someone an entrepreneur of ideas, a so-called thought leader? The ability to invent and spread the word about newfangled concepts? A master of the TED Talk? A magnetic Steve Jobs-like personality? The Marketing Insider Group defines a ‘thought leader’ as someone who “tap[s] into the talent, experience, and
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Student Achievement: Only as Good as the Books Read in English Class?0
- Education
- April 10, 2017
When it comes to improving education, a lot of emphasis is placed upon the STEM subjects: science, math, and the like. Proficiency in such areas, it is argued, is necessary if the U.S. wants its students to be successful on a global scale. Such a supposition may be true; however, new evidence suggests that student
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Pioneer Feminist: Feminism Didn’t Turn Out as Well as We Thought0
- Culture
- April 10, 2017
A few weeks ago, we brought attention to the recent comments of Fay Weldon, a pioneer in the modern feminist movement. In Weldon’s eyes, today’s women have taken their claim to victimhood a little too far. Weldon has reappeared in the news with more startling statements on her outlook on feminism in retrospect. In an
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