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Nov 06 2020
Analysis
Why Were the Polls So Wrong?
It’s not just shy Trump voters.
On Thursday’s episode of the Political Gabfest, the hosts discussed why polling failed so miserably in 2020. This partial transcript has been edited and condensed for clarity.
David Plotz: Maine’s Susan Collins did not lead in a single poll in her Senate reelection race, and she won it pretty easily. Joe Biden was up by double digits in much
SlateNov 24 2020
News
Should Joe Biden cancel billions in student loan debt?
Democrats from across the party’s ideological spectrum are calling on President-elect Joe Biden to make forgiving student loan debt one of his first priorities in office.
The total outstanding student loan debt held in the U.S. has more than tripled over the past 15 years as the cost of education has skyrocketed. Americans now owe more than $1.7 trillion in student loans, a figure that
Yahoo! The 360Sep 02 2016
News
The Coddling of the American Mind
In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like. Here’s why that’s disastrous for education—and mental health.
The AtlanticSep 10 2014
News
How Christian fundamentalist homeschooling damages children
The religious right touts homeschooling as a viable educational alternative. Parents, grads tell a different story.
SalonAug 19 2021
Analysis
The Afghanistan Debacle Has Exposed The Moral Bankruptcy Of The West
In the face of actual violence from real terrorists, the best our tech and media elite can do is mutter inane platitudes.
The fall of Kabul has exposed, in horrifying and dramatic fashion, the incompetence and folly of the Biden administration.
The reports and images coming out of Afghanistan are dire. As many as 10,000 American citizens are trapped behind enemy lines, stranded
The FederalistDec 28 2020
Opinion
The Woke See No Evil—and Nothing but Evil
It is impossible to read Mark Twain in the 21st century without being aware, each time one encounters it, of the single most unspeakable word in the English language today; a word that in Twain’s time was as common as mud and therefore completely unremarkable on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line. The issue concerning the appropriateness of designating “Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” in
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Aug 19 2021
News
After Kabul, hard questions about American global leadership
The Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan strikes at the U.S. commitment to democracy and human rights. But an American ability to learn from mistakes may help restore its leadership.
As Afghan provincial capitals fell at blitzkrieg pace last week, with the national capital, Kabul, the ultimate prize in the insurgent Taliban’s sights, the White House chose the moment to inform the world that
Christian Science MonitorAug 24 2020
News
Do elite universities discriminate against Asian-Americans?
A Department of Justice investigation found that Yale University was illegally discriminating against Asian-American and white students in its admissions process, officials announced on Thursday.
The case against Yale is the latest step in an ongoing effort from the Trump administration to turn back affirmative action policies that were intended to address racial disparities in
Yahoo! The 360Oct 08 2020
Opinion
Mike Lee Is Right about Democracy
Few incidents more starkly illustrate the dearth of civic education in American life than a mob attacking Senator Mike Lee for his completely factual tweet pointing out that the “objective” of the Constitution is to protect liberty and to allow individual flourishing, not to acquiesce to the whims of the majority.
Then again, Twitter is a perfect analogy for “democracy,” isn’t it? The
David Harsanyi