Judith Stout
Univ of Iowa grad, married, seeking new thought patterns in changing world.Read Philosophy, Hist, Politics. Interested in everything
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Tips For Staying Civil While Debating Child Prisons
Recent incidents of Trump officials being confronted in public for their role in the administration’s separation and imprisonment of immigrant families have driven renewed concern about the lack of civility in U.S. politics. The Onion presents tips...
MEK Impunity Undermining America’s Democracy
by Massoud Khodabandeh Even before its inception, the Trump administration was accused of foreign interference and repeated counter allegations that such charges are fake news. Now, even as House D…
Magnetic Declination from 1590-2020
Magnetic declination, sometimes called magnetic variation, is the angle between magnetic north and true north. As the earth's magnetic field varies over time...
Star-studded cast to perform live reading of the Mueller report
The cast of the event includes Annette Bening, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Justin Long, Piper Perabo, Michael Shannon and Zachary Quinto, among others.
Prestige Bias: An Obstacle to a Just Academic Philosophy
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Prestige Bias: An Obstacle to a Just Academic Philosophy
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A.I. May Not Take Your Job, but It Could Become Your Boss
The goal of automation has always been efficiency. What if artificial intelligence sees humanity itself as the thing to be optimized?
Ending Private Prisons and Exploitation for Profit - Team Warren
By Elizabeth Warren
ייִדישע שטעטלעך פֿון פּוילן | Jewish Towns of Poland
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The ‘light triad’ that can make you a good person
The “dark triad” makes us more creative but also more likely to cheat. It turns out its opposite – the “light triad” – could explain why some of us are naturally good.
Fake Trump Time Magazine Cover Displayed at His Golf Courses
Time wants the golf courses to remove the phony cover.
Judith Stout
Fake Trump Time Magazine Cover Displayed at His Golf Courses thedailybeast.com/fake-trump-tim… via @thedailybeast
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This ancient mnemonic technique builds a palace of memory – Lynne Kelly | Aeon Ideas
In Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective novel A Study in Scarlet (1887) we learn that Sherlock Holmes used the most effective memory system known: a memory palace. Although imagined memory palaces are still used by memory champions and the few who pract...
Judith Stout
This ancient mnemonic technique builds a palace of memory – aeon.co/ideas/this-anc… via @aeonmag
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Trump’s Peace Plan Is Immoral, Impractical—and Could Blow Up the Middle East
The Trump administration’s focus on economics is a strategic mistake that could stymie the negotiations before they begin.
Judith Stout
Trump’s Peace Plan is Immoral, Impractical—and Could Blow Up the Middle East politi.co/2Y91vPd via @politicomag
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Agriculture Department buries studies showing dangers of climate change
The Trump administration has stopped promoting government-funded research into how higher temperatures can damage crops and pose health risks.
Is There a Link Between Religiosity and Authoritarianism?
Religiosity can lead to intolerance for outside groups. Luckily, there are counterweights to this.
Why Authoritarians Love Religion
The authoritarian personality finds in religion a match made in Heaven
What Links Religion and Authoritarianism?
The connections between religiousness and authoritarianism, studied for decades, depend upon the kind of religious belief.
Judith Stout
What Links Religion and Authoritarianism? daily.jstor.org/what-links-rel… via @JSTOR_Daily
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Understanding the Contemporary Republican Party Authoritarians Have Taken Control
Read Legal Commentary: Understanding the Contemporary Republican Party Authoritarians Have Taken Control at FindLaw.com
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Older article but is part of the current process. Understanding the Contemporary Republican Party Authoritarians Have Taken Control | FindLaw
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The Corruption of the Republican Party
The GOP is best understood as an insurgency that carried the seeds of its own corruption from the start.
Judith Stout
"It took more than a half century to reach the point where faced with a choice between democracy and power, the party chose the latter," argues George Packer.
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