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Tuesday, May 30, 2017
The Longer, Stranger Trip of Sixto Rodriguez
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In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez created two albums of abysmal, didactic folk-rock music. Few copies sold, though a few big timers in the...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Sounds Like a Eugenic Plan for Schools
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We somewhat improve the academic performance of nonwhite disadvantaged children by sending them to almost all white schools. In other words...
Friday, May 12, 2017
Migrants and the Immune System: a Sickening Study
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An article about a new study asserts "strong feelings about immigrants are controlled by something as surprising as the immune system....
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Context on the Murders of South African Farmers
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The official murder rate of (mostly white) South African farmers is 313 per 100,000 population. Some argue that the real number is larger, ...
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
The Content of Ethical Character
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An internet poster once claimed, as best I remember, that no one on Earth judges by the content of character, those most vociferous in sayin...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
The Bigger Story on Straw Person Attacks
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On Reddit, a heavily upvoted thread discussed straw person attacks. The posters repeatedly wrote about distorting others' words. But t...
Monday, April 24, 2017
The Smart Person's Guide to College
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Graduation season approaches, so let me explain college to young readers considering college: Psychology : junk science of pretending gene...
Friday, April 21, 2017
The Never Ending "Scandal"
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Donald Trump's Russian ties remained the top news story for most of the past five months. A recent study suggests that Rachel Maddow...
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Blameworthiness and the Legacy of Slavery
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Multiculturalists love the legacy of slavery causal explanation for African-American problems. Why? Because it cannot be undone. It impl...
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