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The Future of Human Spaceflight

In this article a number of observations are discussed that point toward a human spaceflight future deeply buried in uncertainty.

Philip Backman 11 Mar 2018 · 16 min read

The Sanders-Venezuela Meme

Sanders’s disavowal was scorned by Venezuelan state media and dismayed Chavez’s remaining defenders in the West.

Jack Staples-Butler 10 Mar 2018 · 12 min read

The Psychology of Progressive Hostility

This sort of my-way-or-the-highway mentality is now spreading well beyond the urban university and into even remote communities.

Matthew Blackwell 10 Mar 2018 · 11 min read

Two Tribes Go to War

That fee was temporarily suspended by a federal judge on first amendment grounds, although the final decision is still pending.

Stuart Reges 9 Mar 2018 · 7 min read

The Deleterious Effects of Tabloid Discourse

A strikingly careless habit to fall into on the part of those who participate in the mass distribution of information, its consequences are severe.

William Vaillancourt 8 Mar 2018 · 8 min read

Silicon Valley's ABCs of Diversity

In the first scenario, it’s sensible to take the widest array of objects. Who knows which object is valuable or why?

Kirio Birks 7 Mar 2018 · 7 min read

Incomprehension 501 — Introduction to Graduate School

My last book purge found me deciding the fate of Slavoj Žižek’s Tarrying With The Negative, a book I read in a class on Shakespeare and political theory.

S. A. Dance 6 Mar 2018 · 9 min read

Living in Parallel Societies

Was that supposed to make them see the error of their ways? Of course not. That’s how you get people to hunker down and reject social change altogether.

Nick Ottens 5 Mar 2018 · 7 min read

Privilege: A Term That Has Lost Its Utility

Which other voices would be promoted and approved by all, and how would they achieve that sort of prominence? How would any of this be to society’s advantage?

Genevieve Weynerowski 5 Mar 2018 · 6 min read

Would You Opt for Immortality?

Michael Shermer 2 Mar 2018 · 5 min read

The Academic Mob and Its Fatal Toll

“Academic Mobbing, Or How To Become Campus Tormentors,” Eve Seguin wrote, “Mobbing is social murder and, by definition, people cannot survive their own murder.”

Brad Cran 2 Mar 2018 · 12 min read