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 14, 2020 | News & Commentary
George Floyd: New bodycam video shows panicked witnesses begging officers to check his pulse – CNN: The footage begins as Thao and Chauvin approach the scene, where Kueng and Lane are trying to get a handcuffed Floyd into the back of a patrol car. Thao watches...
by Ty Davison | Aug 14, 2020 | News & Commentary
The Wikipedia War Over Kamala Harris’s Race – The Atlantic: The battles over Harris’s Wikipedia page played out primarily over the specific term African American. That debate began in earnest last week, when Harris was only a much-discussed potential...
by Ty Davison | Aug 9, 2020 | News & Commentary
Abolishing the law enforcement not surprisingly leads to laws not being enforced. Seattle should be a cautionary tale: For 23 days in June, about six blocks in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood were claimed by left-wing demonstrators and declared...
