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Controversy on COVID-19 mask study spotlights messiness of science during a pandemic

Controversy on COVID-19 mask study spotlights messiness of science during a pandemic

Late last week, a group of researchers posted a letter that they had sent to the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ) requesting the retraction of a study published the week before that purportedly showed mask use was the most effective intervention in slowing the spread of COVID-19 in New York City. […]

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The Goal is to Keep Racial Grievances Alive Forever

The Goal is to Keep Racial Grievances Alive Forever

Every revolution begins with lofty concerns but most often ends in violence, bloodshed, loss of freedom, and long-term despotism — from the French Revolution to the Cuban Revolution and every revolution in between and since (China and Venezuela). David Chilton writes the following in Part One of his review summary of James H. Billington’s Fire

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‘You Say You Want a Revolution.’ You Might Want to Think about That

‘You Say You Want a Revolution.’ You Might Want to Think about That

We all want to change the world. But there is a great deal of disagreement on how to do it without blowing it up. In years past, idealistic revolutionaries turned to The Beatles for inspiration. For example, “The People’s Summit” held in Chicago during a Bernie Sanders rally kicked it off with The Beatles’ song

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