The Many Problems with Marxism - Merion West
WEBApr 15, 2020 · The Many Problems with Marxism. “I recently met up with an old friend, a staunch Marxist, at a traditional Viennese café to catch up and talk about our political differences. After hours of discussion, he admitted, ‘Well, ultimately, it’s a question of faith.'”. T he ultimate test for any theory is whether it works in practice.
Scandinavia’s War on Babies with Down Syndrome | Merion West
WEBAug 6, 2017 · As a child with DS costs “1 to 2 million Euros,” Belgian pediatrician Patrick Willems says that, “preventing the birth of 50 babies with Down Syndrome will offset the costs of fully implementing the NIPT [a noninvasive, highly accurate prenatal test for DS] into Dutch public healthcare.”. Dutch pediatrician Ko van Wowue treats ending ...
The Real Truth of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter - Merion West
WEBAug 6, 2019 · The Real Truth of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter. Frederick T. Martens. 08/06/2019. Image via NPS.gov. “To DeSimone and his acolytes, two cold-blooded murderers were freed. To our system of justice, two persons, their innocence always in question, were unfairly tried and convicted.”. T here are …
Moral Behavior When No One Is Watching: an Interview with Jillian ...
WEBApr 17, 2020 · Later this year, Jordan will begin work as an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. In this interview, she joins Merion West and Kambiz Tavana to discuss her research, particularly two papers “Signaling When No One Is Watching” and “When Do We Punish People Who Don’t?,” as well as their broader implications.
Fact-Checking the Tweet that Got Andy Ngo Banned from Twitter
WEBDec 11, 2019 · First, that the homicide rate for the transgender population is lower than that of the general population; and second, that the majority of those homicides are committed by black men. The article mentioned earlier from The Post Millennial reports that after this tweet, Ngo’s account was suspended for violating guidelines on hateful content.
How Sam Harris Changed My Opinion of Jordan Peterson
WEBJul 20, 2020 · Sam Harris: Facts and Values. In Peterson’s opinion, the “new atheists,” such as Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Richard Dawkins, take our moral rules for granted and do not give credit to the transcendent forces that— for Peterson—gave rise to these ethical systems. Peterson, of course, argues that without the mythological ...
Is the Apostle Paul Relevant in the 21st Century? - Merion West
WEBJul 8, 2019 · And, had Paul never appeared on the scene, Jesus’ movement would have continued as a little sect obsessed with the end of the world and with neurotically keeping hundreds of ritual commandments, for as Jesus so rigidly say, not one iota of the Jewish Law would pass. In fact, in those aspects that are relevant for …
James Lindsay: How Critical Studies Led to Today’s Turmoil
WEBJul 12, 2020 · Image via New Discourses “This is an attempt at a social, cultural, and political revolution.” O n July 9th, Kevin Turner had a conversation with Dr. James Lindsay discussing the social and cultural movement that has gripped the nation since the death of George Floyd in late May. An author and mathematician by training, Dr. Lindsay has written six books spanning a range of subjects ...
Patrick Deneen: A Primer - Merion West
WEBOct 5, 2020 · Patrick Deneen was born in 1964 and was educated at Rutgers University, earning a B.A. in English literature in 1986 and a Ph.D. in political science in 1995. From 1997 to 2005, he was an assistant professor at Princeton University. He was then appointed to the faculty at Georgetown University in 2005 …
Interview: Curt Jaimungal, Director of “Better Left Unsaid”
WEBJun 16, 2020 · (Courtesy of Curt Jaimungal) “ They reject ideas of the extreme, so that’s why there needs to be a delineation between what’s extreme and what’s not extreme.” I n this interview conducted just before the death of George Floyd and the subsequent civil unrest, Merion West‘s Kevin Turner was joined by Curt Jaimungal, the director of the crowdfunded documentary Better Left Unsaid ...
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