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What’s worse, anyone who points out the nonsensical and performative aspects of these presidential letters will be gaslit for his troubles—this, in a supposed citadel of logic and learning.
Contrary to popular opinion, alternative medicine is not always harmless, and when patients use it instead of conventional medical treatment, it can even be deadly.
The New Order starts off in 1962, but not the 1962 we know. In this timeline, the Axis powers have conquered Eurasia, and are now seeking to bring Africa to heel, along with other far-flung corners of the world.
It should not be controversial to say that knowledge can be exploited by dominant vested interests.
In a dizzying volte-face, the world’s most murderously anti-natalist regime has become its most pleadingly pro-natalist.
There is nevertheless a glimmer of hope—the possibility that, despite recent calamities, we are in fact still living in the Age of Moderation and that this is a blip and not an epochal change
Concepts do not have a fixed lifespan. Some concepts are more enduring than others because they have more value.
Freak Power is a fascinating look into the heart of a grassroots political campaign during a violent era in American history, as one man channelled the rage and confusion of a maligned subculture into a surprisingly coherent and subversive political movement.
No scientific study is perfect and AlShebli et al.’s is certainly no exception.
The Enlightenment was well-named because it led to a greater understanding of ourselves, our society, and our environment, and was accompanied by the rise of the scientific method.
The project provided a unique and occasionally profound experience and a new perspective with which many of its fans had not engaged before—and all that from a YouTube channel!
The COVID-related disruptions of schooling have scattered hundreds of millions of children and adolescents across an archipelago of small islands that are not well-suited to fostering modern educational goals.
Reasonably minded readers who have followed the unraveling of Garrison’s assassination probe over the years will likely wonder how anyone ever believed him or allowed him to ruin the life of an entirely innocent man, New Orleans businessman and preservationist Clay Shaw.
A politics based on membership in a particular religious, racial, or social group rather than broader groupings of people with the same political views was a dubious luxury that our species can simply no longer afford.
