Monthly Archives: December 2015

When Specificity Makes A Comeback

Comment: AP Poll: Islamic State conflict voted top news story of 2015 4: MASS SHOOTINGS: Throughout the year, mass shootings brought grief to communities across the U.S. and deepened frustration over the failure to curtail them. There were 14 victims … Continue reading

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What Israel Tells Us About Affirmative Action and Race

Israel is a serious country. It has to be or it will die. America is increasingly a frivolous country. Sigal Alon writes: There is a country with a race-neutral, class-based affirmative action policy that is large enough to study: Israel. … Continue reading

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The Atlantic: The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids

The Atlantic: “Because so few adults can remember the pertinent details of their own preschool or kindergarten years, it can be hard to appreciate just how much the early-education landscape has been transformed over the past two decades. The changes … Continue reading

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How a rebellious scientist uncovered the surprising truth about stereotypes

Claire Lehmann writes: At the back of a small room at Coogee Beach, Sydney, I sat watching as a psychologist I had never heard of paced the room gesticulating. His voice was loud. Over six feet tall, his presence was … Continue reading

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Ann Coulter – Vile Anti-Semite?

I have right-wing Orthodox friends who now refer to Ann Coulter as a “vile anti-Semite.” If someone as pro-Israel and pro-Jewish as Ann Coulter can get called a “vile anti-Semite” despite her many years of support for Jews and the … Continue reading

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