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There it is folks - can he break the all-time at the US Open? I'll be watching for sure.

why cancel culture in its current abhorrent form must be cancelled - heartbreaking

Anyone with a conscience should be appalled.

How serious are these issues?

Has this guy read Steven Pinker?

How can this be true?

For God’s sake…

Something potentially positive re: math education from the national legislature.

Might seem juvenile, but I would be so excited if we were “visited.” Tune in soon to find out I guess.

[After setting your car on fire] Listen, your car's temperature has changed before.

Why are there forced media appearances anyway? No one tunes in for the pressers, particularly in the early rounds.

Would like to see a Venn Diagram with those who refused to ever wear a mask.

NOT The Onion (sadly): Alabama banned yoga back in 1993. The ban is now revoked — but English names must be used for all poses and exercises. And meditation is not allowed.

Can't validate - but these are fun explanations.

But what we have now are people who think they know as much as anyone else and scientists are treated like any other interest group, like they're the AFL-CIO or the teacher's union," Specter said.

Play to the base or to the middle? The eternal question.

It's like a Gini Index for personal productivity.

Thoughtful short pieces by some heavy hitters.

Racial bias in policing is real. But the full picture is far more complex.

Learn about ranked choice voting, and correct a poll while you're at it.

Super interesting, probably not at all what you'd expect.

But what exactly do these terms mean?

How Donald Trump took a narrative of unfairness and twisted it to his advantage.

Between depression and flourishing, many of us live.

A unique perspective I think

A well-measured liberal perspective, one close to my own in fact

A pretty compelling piece. I’d like to see a direct rebuttal.

Interesting milestone, but the trend is obviously the important part

Productive disagreements seem tougher than ever these days, but they’re even more necessary. Here are some tips for having difficult conversations.

I argue that although self-serving arguments can be misused, they are sometimes morally justified. We need ways of distinguishing good faith from bad faith self-serving arguments and I suggest a few ways we might do this.