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June 17, 2010

Science vs. Faith or Science and Faith?

Glenn Ricketts

If you follow the comment threads in places where anything concerning science is being discussed, you've probably noticed how little it takes to get some posters really apoplectic about the dang......

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June 17, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup 6-17-10

Glenn Ricketts

In student news this week are opinions about student apathy, impediments to intellectual openness, the possible connection between federally subsidized corn and immigration problems, what to read du......

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June 16, 2010

The Avalanche of Useless Academic Research

George Leef

In this Chronicle article, Mark Bauerlein, Mohamad Gad-el-Hak, Wayne Grody, Bill McKelvey and Stanley Trimble discuss the vast outpouring of academic research that is mostly redundant and wasteful. No......

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June 15, 2010

Science and Gender Equity, II

Glenn Ricketts

Today's New York Times features John Tierney's followup to his piece last week about attempts to legislate "gender equity," which he concludes will never work: a mixture of innate biological......

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June 14, 2010

2010 Spring Semester Highlights

Ashley Thorne

50 of our top articles this year.

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