The world’s worst diseases and ailments may finally have cures. The life sciences recently discovered the ability to alter the human genome, the very entity that encodes our humanity, in order to eliminate disease, mutations, and potentially engineer the perfect human. Originally identified in the immune systems of single-celled organisms, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats...
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Women objectify men as frequently as men objectify women
Michael Lucchese (“True beauty isn’t ‘sexy,’” Mar. 3) argued that the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is “indecent.” His conclusion is right, but his analysis is incomplete. Like too many critics of American sexual dysfunction, Lucchese focuses on the vices of men. It is “high school boys” and “desperate, middle-aged men” who “gawk” at women as...
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When considering the masculine, don’t ignore the feminine
When a man loudly defends his manhood, regardless of what was said about his hands, “the lady doth protest too much, methinks.” No man emasculates himself as quickly as the one who puts forward his own masculinity. Separated from femininity, masculinity has no meaningful significance. If man, “homo,” may be actually divided into “vir,” male,...
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Men, step up and lead
An Open Letter to the Men of Hillsdale: Men, recall with me a classroom scene we’ve all experienced. It’s an unpleasant scene, a rough time to be in the classroom, no doubt. It is characterized by a paralyzing stress. Simply being in the room sends adrenaline and cortisol pulsing through one’s body. An attentive ear...
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Is ‘Hamilton’ good history?
When Lin-Manuel Miranda debuted his “Hamilton Mixtape” at the White House in 2009, his clever lyrics and musicality carried the performance, while his subject inspired amused but politely restrained laughter. This year Miranda rapped his Grammy acceptance speech for the cast recording of “Hamilton: An American Musical” to roaring, even tearful applause. Miranda’s work has...