The race-obsessed narratives of mainstream media have a tendency to demean and divide. Is there a perspective that can unify? Dr. Atlas interviews...
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July 25, 2023 • Weekly Newsletter
Scott Atlas Interviews Wilfred Reilly: Where Mainstream Narratives on Race and Racism Go Wrong ([link removed])
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Dominant media push skewed narratives on racial issues such as crime rates, police use of force, incarceration rates, and educational achievement gaps. Is it wrong for the corporate media to exclusively blame white racism for all racial problems? Dr. Atlas interviews Kentucky State University professor Wilfred Reilly, a leading diagnostician of popular racialist thinking. WATCH NOW » ([link removed])
California Math Framework: Proven Methods vs. Political Ideology ([link removed])
Williamson M. Evers (Real Clear Education)
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Should math class teach math or “social justice”? Unfortunately, California education bureaucrats are confused on this point, and the state’s 5.8 million public schoolchildren are at risk of innumeracy as a result. Both the Los Angeles Times and Fox News just spotlighted this article by Williamson Evers, as the battle over math education heats up. READ MORE » ([link removed])
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In a Free Economy, Prices Would Be Going Down, Not Up ([link removed])
Christopher J. Calton (Mises.org)
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Inflation or illusion? Learn why the consumer price index that politicians and media outlets trot out is a questionable measurement...and what’s really going on behind price rises. READ MORE » ([link removed])
The Terrible 10 ([link removed])
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By Burton A. Abrams
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Oppenheimer Avoids Easy Answers to the Dilemma of Nuclear War ([link removed])
Samuel R. Staley (The Beacon)
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With his biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb” turned skeptic of nuclear weapons, Christopher Nolan continues to establish himself as an astute and adroit filmmaker. He doesn’t hide Oppenheimer’s leftist political sympathies, or the role of plain old cut-throat politics in the development of unimaginable weaponry. READ MORE » ([link removed])
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The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace ([link removed])
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