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The meaning of “marriage”
Recently, I was surprised (and disappointed) to learn that someone whose views I typically find to be progressive and open-minded planned to vote “No” in a same-sex postal vote “survey” in Australia....
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Why I’m Not A Grammar Nazi
Years ago, I was interviewed for a podcast in which the host began our conversation by asking, “So, you’re a grammar Nazi?” I proceeded to explain to this guy why I was not a “grammar Nazi”. Three...
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Peter, Paul and Mubashirah
In her “Dear Abby” column, Jeanne Phillips (writing under the pen name of Abigail Van Buren) recently advised a reader of Indian descent to avoid choosing a “foreign” name for his future children, and...
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G’day Inmate
This photograph was posted to reddit today under the subreddit “History memes”. The text in the image says, “Mate is just short for ‘inmate’ because Australia was literally a bunch of...
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Social Distancing
In light of the current spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidelines for “community migration strategies” to limit the spread of the...
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Pandemic
Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the Coronavirus to be a pandemic. This is the first time that an outbreak has been characterized as a pandemic since the H1N1 “swine...
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Disease and Prejudice
The emergence of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has led to increased anti-Asian prejudice, and specifically anti-Chinese prejudice. The virus is believed to have originated in a wet market in Wuhan,...
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Quarantine
A quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to prevent its spread. The word quarantine dates back to the 1660s when it meant, “period a ship...
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Black Lives Matter
This article is cross posted from Cambridge Extra. What do people mean when they say, “Black Lives Matter?” “Black Lives Matter” is a slogan and a social movement in response to the historical and...
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day
This article is cross-posted from Cambridge Core. Traditionally, the second Monday of October is observed as Columbus Day in the United States. However, the holiday and its history are controversial....
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