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  • Is Despondency the Disease of Our Modern Age?

    Is Despondency the Disease of Our Modern Age?0

    • September 9, 2015

    We hear a lot about “depression” these days, but not much about “despondency” – a state characterized by low spirits and a loss of hope. It’s also known by a term even less frequently heard of today – acedia – which was traditionally listed as one of the “seven deadly sins.” However, the symptoms of

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  • Is Depression Even More Biological Than We Think?

    Is Depression Even More Biological Than We Think?0

    For a long time, mental illness was widely misunderstood and stigmatized. What was actually epilepsy was believed to manifest demonic possession; women who were really schizophrenics were cast out as witches. And the many people who were mired in what was once called “melancholy,” and is now called “clinical depression,” were often believed to be

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  • Is Democratic Socialism a Myth Like the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot?

    Is Democratic Socialism a Myth Like the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot?0

    With the upset primary victory of self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over long-time Democrat representative Joe Crowley, democratic socialism is receiving another boost of popularity in certain quarters of the country. Given the increasing popularity of socialism among young voters especially, it’s clear a basic truth (one might even call it an “inconvenient truth”) needs

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  • Is Democracy Versus Autocracy the New Cold War?

    Is Democracy Versus Autocracy the New Cold War?0

    “He may be an SOB, but he’s our SOB.” So said President Franklin D. Roosevelt of Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza, and how very American. For, from its first days, America has colluded with autocrats when the national interest demanded it.  George Washington danced a jig in 1778 when he learned that our diplomats had effected

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  • Is Democracy Dying or America Disintegrating?

    Is Democracy Dying or America Disintegrating?0

    “What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people.” What did John Adams mean when he wrote this to Thomas Jefferson in 1815, after both had served as president? Adams

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  • Is Darwinism ‘Still True’? A Journalist Ponders the Question.

    Is Darwinism ‘Still True’? A Journalist Ponders the Question.0

    G. K. Chesterton, the journalist, did much of his writing for newspapers.  Not surprisingly, he was also an inveterate reader of newspapers, and on more than one occasion a newspaper headline sparked one of his essays for the Illustrated London News. One example of this is a headline that read: “Darwinism Is Still True.” Chesterton

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