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  • Why Do So Many People Lack Compassion?

    Why Do So Many People Lack Compassion?1

    Milan Kundera, in his beautiful novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, said that compassion was preeminent of all human sentiments. In languages derived from Latin, the word “compassion” is formed by combining the prefix “com” (with) and the noun “passio” (suffering). Other languages use words with a slightly different meaning—“feeling” instead of suffering. This, Kundera

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  • Why Do So Many Parents Throw Extravagant Birthday Parties for Their Kids?

    Why Do So Many Parents Throw Extravagant Birthday Parties for Their Kids?1

    I had a fair number of birthday parties during my childhood years. They were highly anticipated and often featured my favorite foods, a few simple games, and a handful of friends. But while they were thematic in nature, they never extended beyond decorations and ideas that my family and I couldn’t execute inexpensively on our

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  • Why Do Schools Shut Parents Out of the Classroom?

    Why Do Schools Shut Parents Out of the Classroom?2

    When I was younger, I heard that a sign of a good music teacher was an instructor who welcomed parents to sit in on a child’s lesson. Recognizing the value of this advice, I incorporated it into my own private studio when I began teaching several years later. Sure, it was a bit awkward at

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  • Why Do Religious People Tend to Be Happier?

    Why Do Religious People Tend to Be Happier?0

    The results of a Pew Forum Survey, posted last week indicate that “highly religious people” are, on average, more engaged with family, volunteer more, and are happier overall than non-religious people. Before anybody concludes that “religion” is better than irreligion, however, three fair questions need to be raised and pondered. First, is this study isolated,

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  • Why Do Progressives Hate the West So Much?

    Why Do Progressives Hate the West So Much?0

    President Trump was right to defend the West, a civilization which goes back to the Homeric epic and the Hebrew prophets, and having been baptized by Christ, is “not the property of any particular race but the universal aspiration of humankind”… In an essay for The Atlantic earlier this month, Peter Beinart, an associate professor of journalism

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  • Why Do Powerful Men Want to Masturbate in Front of Women?

    Why Do Powerful Men Want to Masturbate in Front of Women?0

    Anyone who has followed the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the avalanche of accusations of sexual assault that followed might have noticed a strange commonality. A surprising number accusations involved men allegedly masturbating in front of women or asking for the permission to do so. There of course was Louis C.K., who was accused of masturbating

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