Jun
29
According to Wikipedia, the Information Age is a historical period that began in the mid-20th century. Today, one weekday edition of today’s New York Times contains more information than the average person in seventeenth-century England was likely to come across in an entire lifetime (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/shenk-data.html).
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13
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, so the saying goes. For those unfamiliar with this axiom, a female goose is often referred to as a “goose.” However, a male goose is referred to as a “gander.” Thus, what is good for the female, is good for the male.
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9
Since the beginning of the pandemic, one thing is clear: people have lost their ever-loving minds!
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26
My son runs in a circle of friends that represent Asian and black backgrounds. One night in his dorm, he was engrossed in a video game. His roommates were all messing around when they started asking my son, “What is that racist word for black people?” As he continued to play his video game, the questioning intensified until one of his friends said, “Just say it!” At this point, my son turned around to realize they had been filming the whole thing. Why were black students trying to get my son to say a derogatory racial slur on camera? Curious.
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