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  • Why We Cook

    Why We Cook0

    The COVID-19 pandemic has given Americans an unexpected amount of unstructured, home-based leisure time. Prohibited from attending our favorite sporting events, concerts, fireworks shows, and even traditional school, the need for something to fill that time grows as the days stretch into weeks and months.  New hobbies are proliferating as people find new ways to connect and

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  • Should a Presidential Debate Moderator Play Fact Checker?

    Should a Presidential Debate Moderator Play Fact Checker?0

    The first of the 2020 presidential debates is less than a month away, with President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden scheduled to face off at Case Western Reserve University after Notre Dame withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden seems more than willing to face off against Trump, despite Nancy Pelosi’s call to cancel the

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  • ‘Ammonite’ May Be the Least Feminist Movie of 2020

    ‘Ammonite’ May Be the Least Feminist Movie of 20200

    Hollywood’s first treatment of the pioneering paleontologist Mary Anning invented an entirely fictious lesbian love story, taking the focus away from her compelling narrative as a self-taught genius forced to operate on the outskirts of British geology due to her gender. As a result, Ammonite may be the least feminist movie that comes out this year. Known

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  • Has Mass Media Reduced Our Esteem for Politicians?

    Has Mass Media Reduced Our Esteem for Politicians?0

    Respect for politicians of either party continues to decline with each passing month. Of course, their performances on cable news and talk radio shows don’t help, for we see them in real time, their flaws and foibles continuously on display.  In a 1975 interview on Firing Line, British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge speculated that if the highly esteemed

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