What is the Ad Hominem Fallacy? The ad hominem fallacy occurs when someone attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself. This fallacy diverts attention from the actual issue ...

Metric wrestles with quandaries both large and small in the new video for “False Dichotomy,” which arrives today (July 8) in tandem with Formentera, the Canadian group’s first album in four years. In ...

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Fat shaming is almost as large of an epidemic as the obesity it targets. It is a prevalent phenomenon that demeans those on the principle of personal responsibility. Overall, Americans are divided on ...

Nobel Prize-winning novelist Anatole France famously opined: "It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly." As a species, we're innately designed with — as far as our awareness extends — the ...

Donald Trump and his allies desperately want people to believe there’s a conflict between saving lives and saving the economy. In Trump’s daily propaganda dump disguised as a “coronavirus briefing,” ...

At the April 13, 2023 Spring Meetings event “Effective Public Spending on Education: Lessons from Country Experiences,” Jaime Saavedra, Head of the World Bank Education Global Practice, explains ...

There has been a new addition to the tedious U.S. culture wars: mask wearing. It didn’t have to be this way. A simple tactic to protect oneself and also limit the spread of Covid-19 did not have to ...