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  • Is it Ethical to Encourage Teens to Get Abortions and Profit From it?

    Is it Ethical to Encourage Teens to Get Abortions and Profit From it?0

    As the parent of young children, I’m in the habit of looking over everything my kids read or watch. It’s not that hard; I buy every book and they’re really only allowed to watch the PBS show Daniel Tiger, and an Amazon show called Tumble Leaf. Before letting them watch either show, I screened a

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  • Is It Better to Beat Temptation or Never Feel Tempted at All?

    Is It Better to Beat Temptation or Never Feel Tempted at All?0

    When was the last time you were tempted, even briefly, to do something a little immoral? To lie, betray a friend’s confidence, cut in line, or take a little more than your share? I’m willing to bet it was today. Maybe in the past hour. Larger temptations hound us too, especially those involving sex or

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  • Is It Better for Kids When Their Parents Are Married?

    Is It Better for Kids When Their Parents Are Married?0

    • October 9, 2015

    Yesterday I ran across a Washington Post piece entitled, “I love my boyfriend, but I never want to get married.” In it, author Rachel Bussel describes how she and her partner of four years have lived as husband and wife in every imaginable experience – except for the wedding ceremony. Furthermore, Ms. Bussel insists that

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  • Is It a Problem if Kids Don’t Know How to Use Dictionaries?

    Is It a Problem if Kids Don’t Know How to Use Dictionaries?0

    When one of my younger siblings asked me the meaning of a word, my immediate response was: “Let’s look it up in the dictionary.” Giving me a look like I had just suggested that we send someone a note via smoke signal instead of text, my sister replied, “Patience, you have your phone right there.

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  • Is it ‘Revolutionary Millennialism’?

    Is it ‘Revolutionary Millennialism’?0

    Writing about Charles Dicken’s Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty, Myron Magnet digs into one of the deeper impulses that animates man: The desire to be God. Magnet uses the term “revolutionary millennialism” to describe what happens when that individual desire is found on a mass scale. The term itself is actually

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  • Is Islam Really the ‘Religion of Peace’?

    Is Islam Really the ‘Religion of Peace’?6

    It’s not politically correct to think that some cultures, religions, and traditions are better than others. And perhaps even more taboo is the topic of Islam—and its historical record compared to Christianity, particularly when the two religions come to clash. It’s worth asking, then, what do history and data have to say on the topic?

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