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  • Frank Herbert Was Right: Fear Is the Mind-Killer

    Frank Herbert Was Right: Fear Is the Mind-Killer0

    I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. Frank Herbert, noted writer of science fiction, was being scientifically factual when he included this line in his novel Dune. Fear is, in fact, the mind-killer. Don’t get me wrong, fear serves a purpose. There are times when fear

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  • France’s Protests Are Different This Time. Here’s Why.

    France’s Protests Are Different This Time. Here’s Why.0

    When the first demonstrations on the streets of Paris were reported nine weeks ago, nobody could have foreseen the endurance, the tenacity and the viral effect of the Yellow Vests movement. After all, the French are known to protest and to strike, it’s part and parcel of their culture. However, by the time this article

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  • France Tries in Vain to Redefine Islam as Non-Political

    France Tries in Vain to Redefine Islam as Non-Political0

    Islam is a religion and not a political movement, according to a new “charter of republican values” released on Nov. 18 by French President Emmanuel Macron.  Macron unveiled plans to require Muslim leaders to sign the charter as part of a broader clampdown on radical Islam, authorizing the French Council of the Muslim Faith to monitor and

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  • France Says to Hell With Free Speech

    France Says to Hell With Free Speech0

    One of the most commonly misattributed quotes credits Voltaire with a beautifully-shaped sentence – which he never wrote. Anyway, the father of the French Enlightenment and of its values, allegedly proclaimed: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” (In fact, the phrase comes from

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  • France Rules Out Lockdown Despite Surge in COVID Cases

    France Rules Out Lockdown Despite Surge in COVID Cases0

    The long summer of 2020 just keeps getting longer, but some world leaders are showing a reluctance to keep marching to the drumbeat of the all-consuming war on COVID-19. Public health officials in France last week announced the nation experienced 3,776 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the largest daily total it had seen in three

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  • France Bans Parents from Spanking Their Children

    France Bans Parents from Spanking Their Children0

    With the New Year comes new resolutions, new ideas, and of course, new laws. France is no exception when it comes to that latter category. But one of the country’s most recent laws may be a bit too invasive for many French families. According to the Paris publication Glamour, the latest law bans parents from

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