Category: Culture
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In defense of “natural”
Yesterday I ranted about the misuse of the word “natural,” so today I must, in the great Socratic tradition, take the other side. We just returned from a long trip to the East Coast. We went to visit family and to soak up culture that we are largely lacking on this coast. In both respects,…
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7 surprising things to consider about “natural” products
One thing that really gets my goat is how people who don’t understand chemistry and biology in the least like to make grand claims about “natural” ingredients. The latest is this article about sunscreen from Natural News, 7 surprising things you’re not supposed to know about sunscreen and sunlight exposure, which takes as its premise…
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Enter the scowlers, start up the bad behavior
Visiting my kids’ grandma in Florida is a cultural experience. She lives in a mature adult community, as many in Florida do. The streets are orderly, and no one draws on the sidewalk. I find the range of reactions to kids here pretty interesting. There are the people who think that anyone younger than eighteen…
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I coulda tole you that for twenny bucks!
Yes, our schools are failing. But standardized tests were never the solution. We have made them the problem — luckily, an easy problem to get rid of.
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Alternatives to “college for everyone”
Last week I wrote about how I thought the question of why our colleges are turning out less-educated people was pretty self-evident: When we create a society in which everyone has to go to college to get a job, we have a lot of people in college who don’t actually want to be learning. But…