Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

CHANGE IN THE UK:

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BARBARA OAKLEY: Censorship Hurts Our Brains—Literally. Neuroscience confirms the importance of free speech to individual citizens—and to democracy itself. “People point to social media as the trigger, but the narrowing of perspective often starts much earlier—in classrooms. The glee some teachers expressed after the killing revealed how easily bias can masquerade as neutrality. Studies find educators lean heavily to one side politically, yet many sincerely believe they’re impartial—the “bias blind spot” in action. From primary school through college, dissent is rare and pressure runs mostly one way, etching patterns that are hard to undo. China has long understood this: It now pulls Tibetan children into state-run schools from the age 4, stripping away language and culture so Communist Party ideology can fix identity before anything else can take root.”

YES.

LOL, PETER BAKER:

FREDDIE DE BOER ON WHAT MEN ARE LIKE. Just remember, we live in an era where men’s sexuality is presumptively pathological, while women’s sexuality is presumptively virtuous.

This has paradoxical effects.

SALENA ZITO REPORTS:

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I WILL HAVE TO CHECK THIS OUT: Smith & Wesson Returns to Training With the Opening of the Smith & Wesson Academy in East Tennessee. “One thing made obvious during the ceremonies was that Maryville, Tennessee definitely isn’t Springfield, Massachusetts. Having taken part in numerous media and training events in Smith’s former Shooting Sports Center in Springfield until its closure in 2017, the depth and breadth of the new facilities is testimony to the expansiveness of the Tennessee campus.”