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Concepts creep

Jonathan Haidt (NYU): Why Concepts Creep to the Left. Rodrigo Chacon (Harvard): Strauss and Husserl. Steven Frankel reviews Leo Strauss and the Crisis of Rationalism: Another Reason, Another Enlightenment by Corine Pelluchon. Madison Pauly on how sexual violence on campus is even worse than we thought. Hanna Stotland is an admissions consultant with an unusual clientele: She helps students who are punished for sexual misconduct land safely at other universities; business is booming. Jay Caspian King on what the world got wrong about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Leading New Hampshire paper likens Donald Trump to “Biff” from Back to the Future. 22 trans/gender non-conforming people were found murdered in 2015: Were there more murders or better reporting? Roy Edroso on the Rightbloggers’ Top Ten Facepalms of 2015.