by Ty Davison | Aug 21, 2020 | News & Commentary
The Joy of Appropriation – Persuasion: I want to focus here on the kind of case that is now most frequently derided as “problematic”: freely adopting aspects of another culture simply because one values them as crystallizations of human excellence....
by Ty Davison | Aug 15, 2020 | News & Commentary
Study Says Obesity Raises Risk of Death from Covid-19 Among Men – The New York Times: Older age and chronic health conditions like high blood pressure and heart disease are known to increase the risk of severe Covid-19. The Centers for Disease Control and...
by Ty Davison | Aug 9, 2020 | Essays
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines stereotype thusly: n. A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image. n. One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type. Because human beings are...
by Ty Davison | Aug 2, 2020 | News & Commentary
Andrew Sullivan is a superb, important writer. I followed him avidly during his Daily Dish blogging years. So happy he’s returned with the Weekly Dish. The Roots Of Wokeness – The Weekly Dish: And in this worldview, individuals only exist at all as a...
by Ty Davison | Aug 2, 2020 | News & Commentary
Trader Joe’s, responding to demands to change its packaging, says the product labels aren’t racist – CNN: More than 5,000 people have signed a petition calling on the grocery store chain to change what they call its racist branding names, using...
