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Darwin’s apostles and evolutionary science: fighting “fake news”
Dr. Abby Hafer has her doctorate in zoology from Oxford University and currently teaches at Curry College. She has authored the book Unintelligent Design, among others, and claims to be famous for...
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Trump’s depravity explained by his psychologist niece
There’s been much psychoanalysis of Trump. Though his depravity seems obvious to any objective observer, supporters dismiss that as baseless partisan slander. Mary Trump cannot be so dismissed. A...
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Why are Trumpsuckers so manipulable?
We evolved as an extraordinarily social species, with group cooperation a key adaptation. Of course every animal looks out for itself, to get its genes into the next generation. But humans balanced...
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A dozen daffy delusions
1. Urban rioting is scarier than Covid-19.1 2. Only Trump can fix it.2 3. Face masks infringe on freedom.3 4. Immigration is bad for us.4 5. Foreign trade costs jobs.5 6. Gun ownership makes people...
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Choice 2020: The final word, by The Economist
In 2016 we plunged into a political and societal crisis, which I’ve tried to chronicle and analyze. You’ve probably had your fill of it. Me too. But now finally (one hopes) comes the denouement. The...
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Covid-19, Trump, election integrity, masks, schools, and everything
Covid is surging in virtually every state, worse than ever, a million U.S. infections a week, a quarter million dead and rising fast, hospitals overwhelmed — and national leadership is out to lunch....
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“10 Books That Screwed Up The World” — Make that 11
It sounded like my kind of read, found at a used book sale — Benjamin Wiker’s 10 Books That Screwed Up The World. I’d say make it 11, though that would give Wiker’s book undeserved importance. (He...
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Can you love multiple partners?
Having multiple sex partners is common enough. But what about love? This was a question discussed at a social gathering; an intellectual group. Earlier we’d discussed whether love is a “choice.” The...
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Caste: America’s deep problem
Isabel Wilkerson’s book The Warmth of Other Suns, about Blacks leaving the Jim Crow South, was inspiring. Her new book Caste is dispiriting. Wilkerson defines caste as a cognitive system situating...
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Wear a mask — please
It’s not something being forced on you. It’s being asked of you. For your own health and safety, and everyone around you. Nobody has “freedom” to do as they please if it endangers others. That’s not...
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