With last week being “School Choice Week” here are a few bad arguments frequently made against the school-choice movement. Bad argument 1: School vouchers waste public money by sending it to private ...
In the era of “search engine optimization” and click bait, I’m told that list-based articles (sometimes called listicles) continue to be a great way to gain the interest of a distracted populace. And ...
Formal logic helps us build and evaluate rational arguments, which helps us to test claims, explain our reasoning, and keep discussions clear. The first step in learning formal logic is learning about ...
Lawyers with bad arguments in defense of terrible causes are on a winning streak at this Supreme Court. The conservative supermajority often seems committed to laundering feeble and nutty arguments ...
Differentiating good arguments from bad ones often seems like it requires years of education or training. However, Swedish researchers discovered a simple way to help spot a faulty line of thought.