Category: 11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
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Ignoring The Shy Nerdy Girls
“We were told repeatedly, we ugly, shy nerdy girls, that we were not even worthy of the category ‘woman.'”
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Very Simple Puzzle Pieces
“There’s something a lot more sinister in this trend. It goes something like this: It’s too expensive to hire Americans locally to do grunt work, because they’re all too proud, and want to improve their lot, so they all get college degrees. And, hiring people with college degrees still comes at a premium. We can […]
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Autism's False Prophets
“McCarthy trumped science with personal anecdote. (“My science is Evan, and he’s at home. That’s my science.”) Had any of these tele vision hosts chosen to have autism experts on their show, these experts would have had to argue against a mother’s personal, emotional story with statistics showing she was wrong—a nearly impossible task. The […]
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Rand Paul Won't Say How Old the Earth Is
Paul, a Presbyterian layman, campaigned at a Christian Home Educators of Kentucky convention where he was peppered with questions about his religious beliefs, brushing aside one about the age of the earth that he later described as ridiculous. “I’m not running for minister,” Paul said later. “I’m more than willing to stand up and say I’m […]