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Twitter Suspends Another Conservative Commentator0
- Politics
- October 13, 2016
Twitter has suspended the account of filmmaker James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas. Late last night, our organization received this message: About an hour ago, the Twitter Corporation decided to silence me and suspended my account. No notice, no warning, I just received a terse message that I had “violated” their rules. This is devastating
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Distinguished Prof: The ‘Whiteness of Pumpkins’ Has Become ‘Perilous’1
- October 13, 2016
Lisa Powell, a postdoctoral fellow in British Columbia, and Elizabeth Engelhardt, Distinguished Professor of Southern Studies at the University of North Carolina, have just released an essay in a peer-reviewed journal that offers an analysis of race relations in America today. The title of their paper? “The Perilous Whiteness of Pumpkins.” Seriously. Listen, the jumping
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Did Alexander Hamilton Have a Love Affair With John Laurens?2
- Culture
- October 13, 2016
In April 1779, as the American Colonies struggled to gain their independence from England, a 24-year-old Alexander Hamilton sent this letter to John Laurens, a 23-year-old South Carolinian: Cold in my professions, warm in my friendships, I wish, my Dear Laurens, it might be in my power, by action rather than words, to convince you that I love
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Neuroscientist: Some Vegetative Patients Can Communicate0
- Education
- October 13, 2016
John Smith, a 34-year-old father of two, was driving his car to bowling when he was involved in an accident. His skull sustained a severe trauma and he was admitted to the intensive care unit. John was in a coma, at serious risk of death. Luckily, critical-care nurses and physicians managed to save his life.
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Can Apes Read Your Mind?0
- Science
- October 12, 2016
One of the things that defines humans most is our ability to read others’ minds – that is, to make inferences about what others are thinking. To build or maintain relationships, we offer gifts and services – not arbitrarily, but with the recipient’s desires in mind. When we communicate, we do our best to take
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Why Fairy Tales Are So Dangerous1
- Literature
- October 12, 2016
Dear Mr. Dawkins, You’ve said lately that fairy tales are quite harmful. Your reason for thinking this is simple, and true: you told attendees at the Cheltenham Science Festival, “I think it’s rather pernicious to inculcate into a child a view of the world which includes supernaturalism … Even fairy tales, the ones we all
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