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  • Five Movies for the Twilight of Western Civilization

    Five Movies for the Twilight of Western Civilization3

    As Western Civilization proceeds from “dawn to decadence,” here are five movies that may help viewers ponder what went wrong and what they should do at “the end of all things.” 1. The Mosquito Coast (1986) Allie Fox (Harrison Ford in one of his best performances) is an eccentric inventor who is disgusted by the crassness of

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  • Five Modern Wise Men Everyone Should Know

    Five Modern Wise Men Everyone Should Know0

    Sometimes we are tempted to think that wisdom is dead and, admittedly, it sometimes seems as if that is true. And yet, there are still many modern thinkers, some of them still alive, who are able, in the words of one philosopher, to “see things and to see them whole.” And many of them are

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  • Five Lesser Known Financial Crises of the 20th Century

    Five Lesser Known Financial Crises of the 20th Century0

    A decade has passed since the collapse of the Lehmann Brothers investment bank, triggering the worst recession since the stock market collapse of 1929. But between the 1930s and 2008, the world experienced several economic downturns, some of which had a long-lasting impact on the affected countries. Here are five less well-known crises that shaped the Twentieth

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  • Five Key Exchanges From the Supreme Court in Religious School Case

    Five Key Exchanges From the Supreme Court in Religious School Case0

    The Supreme Court heard oral argument Wednesday in an important case involving a Montana tax credit scholarship program that provided scholarships for underprivileged kids to use at private schools.  Initially, families could use scholarship funds at qualified religious schools, but the Montana Department of Revenue later implemented an administrative rule excluding religious schools, citing a provision in the state

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  • Five Ingenious Ways Snakes Manipulate Their Bodies to Hunt and Survive

    Five Ingenious Ways Snakes Manipulate Their Bodies to Hunt and Survive0

    Do a quick search for “snakes” in the news and you’ll find people terrified, bitten or, sadly, killed by these creatures. Many of us fear their slithering ways and researchers have found evidence which suggests that humans have evolved a tendency to spot snakes more easily than other animals. But there are more than 3,500

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  • Five Infuriating Takeaways From the ‘Afghanistan Papers’

    Five Infuriating Takeaways From the ‘Afghanistan Papers’0

    After an extensive investigation and a three-year long Freedom of Information Act legal battle, The Washington Post released a trove of documents entitled the Afghanistan Papers Monday, and there’s a staggering amount of infuriating information contained therein. The trove comes from a project entitled “Lessons Learned” commissioned by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR.) As

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