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  • Why Gay Men in Relationships Should Think About HIV

    Why Gay Men in Relationships Should Think About HIV0

    In a relationship there are myriad issues to manage. Who walks the dog? Does his mother like me? Whom are we supporting to win RuPaul’s “Drag Race All Stars 2”? But there is one issue that can often be harder to manage – how do we as a couple deal with HIV? Gay men and

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  • Why G.K. Chesterton Feared ‘Experts’

    Why G.K. Chesterton Feared ‘Experts’0

    A man of great good cheer, G. K. Chesterton was well known for his sunny disposition and irrepressible sense of humor. Sunny disposition notwithstanding, Chesterton did have his angry moments. How else to account for the vaguely titled “Conclusion” to What’s Wrong with the World? In it, Chesterton reveals a very different frame of mind,

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  • Why G.K. Chesterton Believed America Was ‘Exceptional’

    Why G.K. Chesterton Believed America Was ‘Exceptional’0

    • November 7, 2017

    In recent years there has been much talk about American exceptionalism. Does it—or does it not—exist? Are we truly a unique people—or are we not? Well before all this talk, G.K. Chesterton weighed in on the side of the American exceptionalists. The United States, he wrote, was the only nation “with the soul of a

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  • Why Friendships Are Falling Apart Over Politics

    Why Friendships Are Falling Apart Over Politics0

    Former Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia were on opposite sides of the political spectrum. Yet despite their obvious legal disagreements, the liberal Ginsburg once described herself and the conservative Scalia as “best buddies.” This connection across ideological lines may seem surprising today. A striking feature of the current political moment is

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  • Why Friendship Is Essential to Cultural Renewal

    Why Friendship Is Essential to Cultural Renewal28

    Suppose you want to change the world for the better. Where to begin? One place is friendship. We are, as Aristotle teaches, social animals, designed to live in community, to build societies where each plays a role as part of a whole, and to find meaning through relationships. Aristotle suggests in the “Nicomachean Ethics” that eudaimonia

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  • Why Freshman Comp Students Struggle to Get an ‘A’

    Why Freshman Comp Students Struggle to Get an ‘A’0

    So you think you might like teaching college English. You love the language and its great works. Lots of people are like that, including me. Good, but beware. Teaching college English, especially freshman comp, is not for the faint-hearted. If you are drawn to the profession by the joys you experienced in grad school reading

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