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Sorry Mamdani, You Don’t Represent Workers: Americans Are Frighteningly Ignorant of the History of Socialism
Monocultures in the media and academia allow an old lie to live on
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‘Will This Degree Lead to a Job?’ is the Wrong Question. Here’s What You Should Ask Instead
Five better questions for choosing a university course—and preparing for an unpredictable world
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Victim-Oppressor Storytelling: Revisiting the Trayvon Martin Case and Its Aftermath
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How first principles clarify what we actually disagree about
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Degrees of Discontent: How Higher Education Created a Downwardly Mobile Elite
America has produced more credentialed elites than the economy has room for—and the DSA is where the surplus is landing
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Bans on “Divisive Concepts” Risk Stifling Speech
Reining in activist excesses is a worthy goal, but poorly defined speech restrictions risk creating new problems
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The AI Problem in College Admissions
Students are using AI to write applications. Universities should draw a line
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Smugnorance Among the Elite: Are World Cup Fans More Rational Than Washington Post Readers?
Cheating in sports vs cheating in debates
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Which Type of Note‑Taking is Better for Learning: Laptop or Pen and Paper?
What the way we take notes does to the way we learn
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