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How Progressive Politics Are Killing Science

How Progressive Politics Are Killing Science

Progressive politics is the biggest threat to science, according to two science writers.

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Chuck Thompson in Better Off Without Em: Book is a Lazy and Cynical Story About the South

Chuck Thompson in Better Off Without Em: Book is a Lazy and Cynical Story About the South

After two years travelling the American South, the best thing liberal writer Chuck Thompson could come up with is a snide, 258-page diatribe on why the Southerners should secede and drop dead.

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Roger Ailes Biography: Filled With Lies and Propaganda

Roger Ailes Biography: Filled With Lies and Propaganda

Excerpts from the new book about Roger Ailes have been released and they are as bad as you can imagine.

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Lena Dunham Racism: How Caitlin Moran Exemplifies the Problem of Feminist Privilege

Lena Dunham Racism: How Caitlin Moran Exemplifies the Problem of Feminist Privilege

Author Caitlin Moran's book How To Be a Woman has been hailed as a feminist masterpiece, but as her comments on Lena Dunham show, she fails to realize that intersectionality is key to feminism.

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American Conservatism: Is True Conservatism Progressive?

American Conservatism: Is True Conservatism Progressive?

Relevant Reads column (in its inaugural post) presents 'Rule and Ruin' by Geoffrey Kabaservice and 'Conservatives Without Conscience' by John W. Dean in the search to define true conservatism.

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50 Shades of Grey Movie: Ryan Gosling May Star as Christian Grey

50 Shades of Grey Movie: Ryan Gosling May Star as Christian Grey

With 13 million copies sold in the U.S. alone, E.L. James' spicy S&M story is an economic powerhouse for entrepreneurs cashing in on the addictive tale of Christian and Anna.

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Liberal Democracy Yields Public Stupidity: Defending Politics Book Review

Liberal Democracy Yields Public Stupidity: Defending Politics Book Review

In "Defending Politics," Matthew Flinders makes the case for preserving liberal democracy, an imperfect system that is otherwise best at defending rights and providing for the general welfare.

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Emily Bazelon 'Sticks And Stones' Review: Book Proves Bullying Problem Needs Our Full Attention

Emily Bazelon 'Sticks And Stones' Review: Book Proves Bullying Problem Needs Our Full Attention

Emily Bazelon just paid a visit to an NYC Barnes & Noble to promote her book on bullying. 'Sticks and Stones' proves school bullying is only getting worse and needs our full attention.

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