“That’s your opinion” is more commonly used as a rhetorical weapon for cognitive surrender. “That’s your opinion” is perfectly fine in a discussion on the
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The Duplicitous Nature of Equal
Has “equal” ever truly meant equal in the U.S., or have we always been under the cognitive surrender of flawed logic? Famously, the Declaration of Independence states,
Disappearing from a Shelf Near You: Banned Books and the Librarians Who Save Them
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Time for Different?
Around this time twelve years ago, I set out to start a blog. I gave myself two months, and in July 2014, I published my
When You Learn How You Learn, You Can Learn Anything
I heard this in a talk once. Someone said, “When you learn how you learn, you can learn anything.” Wow. I started thinking about the
Balancing on Unstable Surfaces 