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  • Former Atheist Explains How Rationality, Not Emotion, Encourages Religious Belief

    Former Atheist Explains How Rationality, Not Emotion, Encourages Religious Belief0

    I recently ran across an interview with author Stephen Asma in The Irish Times. Although an atheist, Asma is a rather unique atheist because he believes religion is necessary, a fact evidenced in his recent book Why We Need Religion. According to Asma, a philosophy professor, religion does not make sense rationally, but it makes

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  • Forgotten: What happened after the Doolittle Raid.

    Forgotten: What happened after the Doolittle Raid.0

    In the early days of World War II as the Japanese advanced their “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” through the military subjugation of an incredible number of peoples, islands, and nations, they turned their attention to the United States. In what was hoped to be a knock-out blow to the United States, the Japanese struck

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  • Forgetting Self, Finding Happiness

    Forgetting Self, Finding Happiness7

    A while back I started an experiment of smiling brightly at perfect strangers while out and about doing my daily routine. Knowing that times are difficult, my intention was to bring a little joy into random people’s lives, while also causing them to wonder where my joy came from. Admittedly, I don’t always practice this

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  • Forget the hysteria about ‘forced pregnancies.’ What about forced abortions?

    Forget the hysteria about ‘forced pregnancies.’ What about forced abortions?2

    Blonde is a controversial recent film about Marilyn Monroe. It’s a dark and queasy film about sexual exploitation – the story of how a stunningly beautiful woman was chewed up and spat out by Hollywood. Even the positive reviews – and there aren’t many of them – say that the graphic sex in Blonde makes it hard to

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  • Forget School. Just Read.

    Forget School. Just Read.0

    The truth is coming to light. Yesterday I overheard a public school teacher and mother of several children express an honest opinion about education during the coronavirus. Schoolwork varies by teacher and school district, she noted, with some doing almost nothing at all, while others send out huge packets of worksheets. About the latter she

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  • Forget Perfecting Humans, Let’s Just Replace Them

    Forget Perfecting Humans, Let’s Just Replace Them0

    Aldous Huxley famously opens Brave New World with a tour of a human hatchery wherein embryos are conditioned to be a part of certain classes of people, designed for specific tasks. Here’s a tease: ‘Guaranteed sterile. Which brings us at last,’ continued Mr. Foster, ‘out of the realm of mere slavish imitation of nature into

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