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Insanity & Doom Update LXII
Item Students Demand Professor Be Fired After He Champions Due Process, Says 'Accusers Sometimes Lie' Nearly 100 students at the University of Southern California attended a rally at noon on…
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Diversity Is Our Weakness: University Edition Part CDXVII
Here then is the sad but common tale of Alex Southwell, a nom de plume, professor at "Hudson University" (Columbia?). The De-Professionalization of the Academy, from Quillette magazine. Excerpts only.…
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Insanity & Doom Update XXVII
Item Homeschooling Parents Would Rather 'Go to Jail' Than Send Daughter to State School The parents of a homeschooled child have said they would be willing to go to prison…
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How’d We Do On Our 2018 Predictions?
How'd we do? Let me put it this way: the Magic 8 Ball is in no danger of losing its position as top soothsayer. We were game, but overall there…
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Western Colonialism Did Some Good
Those who lived where the Aztecs once ruled must thank God for Western colonialism. If it wasn't for the glorious religion of the Spanish, Mesoamerican governments might still be cutting…
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This Week In Doom — Deranged Psychology Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUVo1h2V9rk Note the change back to the original title. And video for the reading-impaired! I'm thinking of moving Doom back to Wednesdays, and leaving Saturday's blank. Item On Woke Capital.…
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Insanity & Doom Update XXXIV
Special Extra Edition of Insanity & Doom! Have to find a way to empty my mailbox. Item National Council of Math Teachers Annual Meeting Taking a Knee in Mathematics Education:…
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Insanity & Doom Update XXVIII
Item City Council wants new schools chancellor to 'take bold action' City lawmakers are demanding that incoming schools chief Richard Carranza bring his focus on ethnic and LGBTQ studies with…
