Should You Trust Your Doctor?
Medicine, like other professions, has some outstanding practitioners, some incompetents, and a large number of mediocre performers. It’s especially hard [...]
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12, 2015
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12, 2015
Overcoming Religious Triumphalism
Religious triumphalism is the conviction that one’s religious beliefs are superior to other people’s. Ironically, triumphalism violates the virtue of [...]
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12, 2015
The Exalting of Opinion
One of the most deeply held beliefs in American culture is that everyone has the right to his or her [...]
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11, 2015
What Constitutes Teaching Thinking?
After publishing my recent essay titled “Whatever Became of Critical Thinking?” I received a very appropriate question from a reader: [...]
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11, 2015
Whatever Happened to Critical Thinking?
When Arthur was in the first grade, the teacher directed the class to “think.” “Now, class,” she said, “I know [...]
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11, 2015
Hillary’s 600 Unanswered Requests
What is most troubling about Secretary Clinton’s testimony on the Benghazi affair is the fact that 600 requests from Ambassador [...]
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10, 2015
The Real Problem In American Education
For decades whenever American students have tested poorly in comparison with their peers in other developed countries, public outrage has [...]
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09, 2015
Pope Francis Inspires but Oversimplifies
Pope Francis’ recent messages to the U.S. Congress and to the Catholic bishops revealed his personal goodness and his deep [...]
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08, 2015
Capitalizing on Republican Resources
Though it’s much too early to predict the outcome of the Republican presidential sweepstakes, it’s not too early to speculate [...]
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08, 2015
The Coming Attacks on Trump
Donald Trump has already been the subject of one attack ad by Senator Rand Paul, and other candidates are reportedly [...]