Turning Down the Temperature on Extreme Claims About Extreme Weather

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A look at the complex methodological issues surrounding efforts to understand the impact of climate change plus an argument that things are not quite as bad as commonly portrayed.

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Greg Lukianoff on How to Build a Culture of Free Speech

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Thoughtful advice on how to cultivate both public support for freedom of speech and an ability to use those freedoms effectively.

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The Supreme Court Case That Exemplifies Our Culture War Blindness

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Justice is a one-size-fits-all concept that must be applied equally to all. This essay explores the difficulties we have in living up to this principle.

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Why So Many Elites Feel Like Losers

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An especially perceptive article highlighting what happens when more people feel entitled to upper level positions in the social hierarchy than there are positions available.

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America’s road to healthier political discourse starts on campus

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An eloquent defense of the importance of cultivating robust political debate on campus and a look at an organization that is trying to promote this kind of debate.

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One Sentence Does Not Define a Curriculum

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An attempt to get beyond the inflammatory focus on a single passage and understand more completely how the Florida curriculum would actually cover slavery.

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Democrats and Republicans aren’t divided by gender, they’re divided by marriage

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Stunning and surprising statistics about the decisive role that unmarried women play in the Democratic coalition. (All other marital groups tilt toward Republicans!)

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The myth of asymmetric polarization

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A challenge to the comforting illusion that our hyper-polarization crisis is being driven solely by right-wing populists and that those on the left are merely innocent victims.

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