Books Most People Lie About Reading
The Federalist has a list of eleven books, which it calls ten, they say most people lie about reading. Here's the list. Atlas Shrugged Never read, never plan on reading.…
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Pity the Poor Children
Pity the poor children of today. When they enter their teenage years, how will they stake their claim at rebellion? Skipping class and smoking with the other burnouts behind the…
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Hilarious “Proofs” Of God’s Non-Existence & Existence
Via Nate Winchester, Julian Ahlquist's collection of Proofs of God's Non-Existence, which were in "response to a similar list Hundreds of Proofs of God's Existence by 'Godless Geeks'" There's no…
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Racism Eats Telomeres. An Exciting New Paper-Generating Research Area
A crack team of researchers led by David Chae has "discovered" that racism, the severest of all crimes, eats the telomeres of black men. Or maybe "eat" is the wrong…
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Most Damning Indictment On Primary Education You’ll Ever See
The Washington Post published an email from an anonymous "veteran seventh-grade language arts teacher in Frederick, Maryland," that I am only just stopping myself from quoting in full. It's all…
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The Slow Death Of Perversion
"Used to be, my boy," said the grandfather, "We used to call people who wanted to bugger the creatures of the forests perverts." "What's a pervert, grandpa?" asked Jimmy. "A…
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Call For American Studies Association To Expand Boycott To United States
Members of that well known ethics group the American Studies Association met and decided that the principle of social justice (or something) demanded they boycott Israel. So they did. Not…
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On The Role Of Genetics In Politics
This paper is worth taking extra time to disassemble: "genopolitics" is part of a growing trend in the academy. The Mating Game If you can pass on your political "orientation"…