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In Support of Unpaid Work
Editor says: note the author's name. From The Atlantic: Unless things change, girls today will spend hundreds of thousands more hours than boys doing unpaid work simply because society assumes…
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Saying “He’s A No-Good, Pandering Populist” In A Democracy Is Funny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NsrwH9I9vE This video is an allegory for what Trump is doing to the GOP. First things first. All you guys who support Donald Trump and believe he is a "true,…
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Physician Oaths, Then & Now
It is well worth examining the changes over time in the oaths physicians swear to, especially as we have entered an era when the term "doctor" is being applied to…
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On Coincidence And Fortune: Why So Many One-Eyed Generals?
Plutarch opens his Life of Sertorius with these two sentences: It is perhaps not a matter of surprise, if in the lapse of time, which is unlimited, while fortune is…
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Stream: Dice Games Prove Evolution Because Humans Believed In Punitive Gods?
Today's post is at the Stream: Dice Games Prove Evolution Because Humans Believed In Punitive Gods? Answer this question: could you, by counting the number of coins some guy puts…
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Grammy Awards: Triumph Of The Vulgar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tSq1P5pels The Grammy Awards were held Sunday night, the music industry's biggest night of the year. It is well to exam this accurate cultural barometer. The crucial question of interest,…
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What Happens If You Take Away Women’s Birth Control?
The titular question is in earnest, dear reader, just as it was for Amanda J. Stevenson and four others. Yes, those fine academics were just as perplexed as you probably…
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Scalia Dissents: Some Favorites
With the passing of that great man I thought it appropriate in remembrance to quote from one or two of Scalia's dissents. Readers may have their own favorites. The reader…