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Daniel Lattier

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  • The Pros and Cons of Small-Town Living

    The Pros and Cons of Small-Town Living0

    Over 80 percent of Americans now live in urban areas. But a growing number of those who do wonder if they should pack it in and migrate to smaller towns.  Gracy Olmstead at the American Conservative weighs the pros and cons of this wondering in a thoughtful article this morning entitled “Abandoning vs. Living in

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  • The Science of Why People Don’t Listen to Facts

    The Science of Why People Don’t Listen to Facts0

    • April 19, 2017

    You know something is true—for example, that vaccines are good for children, or that socialism doesn’t work. You’ve done the research, you’ve carefully weighed the arguments against your position and found them wanting, and you’ve diligently formulated your own reasoned case for it.   And then you try to convince someone else (repeatedly, in some

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  • Does All Rational Thought Involve ‘Faith’?

    Does All Rational Thought Involve ‘Faith’?0

    It has become common—even among most religious people—to assume that there is a vast gulf between reason and faith. Reason is seen as some sort of neutral, unbiased tool that men and women can use to arrive at truth, or perhaps only what some refer to as “facts.” Faith, on the other hand, is seen

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  • Why So Many ‘Tolerant’ People Are Actually Intolerant

    Why So Many ‘Tolerant’ People Are Actually Intolerant2

    It’s become common to point out that those who most preach “tolerance” are often themselves highly “intolerant.” But why is that? As University of Texas professor and ethics expert J. Budziszewski explains, it may have a lot to do with tolerance’s character as a virtue. Let me explain. Or rather, I’ll explain Budziszewski’s explanation from

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