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On YouGov’s Survey About Israel
YouGov has a survey out about American's attitudes to Israel and Jews. There are some items of interest. I beg those who cannot bear any criticism of this country to…
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The Week In Doom — Who’s George Washington? Edition
Item Move to erase George Washington mural sparks firestorm among Dems A San Francisco school board decision to spend $600,000 to paint over a New Deal-era mural of George Washington…
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The Week In Doom — Leftist Violence Edition
Item The Treatment of Migrants Likely 'Meets the Definition of a Mass Atrocity' Children are suffering and dying. The fastest way to stop it is to make sure those responsible,…
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Celebrate—While You Still Can
Rich men, trust not in wealth, Gold cannot buy you health; Physic himself must fade. All things to end are made, The plague full swift goes by; I am sick,…
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Yes, There Is A Hot Hand In Basketball
On the Second of March in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Two, well before the sport became another venue for pencil-necked political correctness, a basketball player…
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The Week In Doom — Lavender Mafia Edition
Item Fr James Martin confirms the existence and pervasiveness of the Lavender Mafia. https://twitter.com/JamesMartinSJ/status/1143189497980604422 If this tweet disappears, which if Martin has any sense it would, I have a screenshot…
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In Opposition To Scientism
Bo and Ben Winegard start their Quillette essay (thanks to K.A. Rodgers for the tip) "In Defense of Scientism" by saying "Truth is always provisional". Is that proposition true, or…
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Reality-Based Probability & Statistics: Ending The Tyranny Of Parameters!
Here it is! The one, the only, the peer-reviewed (and therefore true) "Reality-Based Probability & Statistics: Solving the Evidential Crisis" (the link is to the pdf, which is 11 MB;…