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  • Why Children Ask ‘Why’ (And How You Should Answer Them)

    Why Children Ask ‘Why’ (And How You Should Answer Them)1

    When I was about four years old, I asked my mother one of my first ‘Why?’ questions: ‘Mom, why does Pippo live underwater?’ Mom explained that Pippo, our goldfish, was a fish, and fish live underwater. This answer left me unsatisfied, so I kept enquiring: ‘Why do fish live underwater? Can’t we also live underwater?’

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  • Why Children are Unlikely to Understand these References in Peanut Cartoons

    Why Children are Unlikely to Understand these References in Peanut Cartoons2

    Writing on the ever popular Peanuts cartoon strip in The Atlantic, Jonathan Merritt makes an interesting observation about the prevalence with which Charles Schulz incorporated religion into his comics: “More than 560 of Schulz’s nearly 17,800 Peanuts newspaper strips contain a religious, spiritual, or theological reference. To put this into perspective, Schulz only produced 61

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  • Why Chicago’s Mayor Blames Her City’s Murders on Wisconsin and Indiana

    Why Chicago’s Mayor Blames Her City’s Murders on Wisconsin and Indiana0

    It is now well known that the City of Chicago and Illinois overall have adopted stringent gun control laws over the years. Thus, the pro-gun control Giffords Center gives the state of Illinois a lofty “A-” on its “annual gun scorecard.” Yet, somehow, shootings are surging in the city this year. Although crime in Chicago

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  • Why Chesterton Would Classify Many Modern Individuals as ‘Half-Witted’

    Why Chesterton Would Classify Many Modern Individuals as ‘Half-Witted’0

    Not all that long ago something called zero population growth was all the rage.  But no more. The great fear was a worldwide population explosion. But no more. Certainly not in the western industrialized world. And not even in a rapidly urbanizing Muslim world. G. K. Chesterton was many things, but he was not a

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  • Why Chesterton Matters More Than Ever

    Why Chesterton Matters More Than Ever0

    As fall approaches and students head off to college, can hitting the books be far behind?  Maybe the attack is already underway, as incoming freshmen finally turn to that summer reading assigned by colleges at the time of their acceptance.  But for all students there are syllabi to be read, books to be purchased—and perhaps

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  • Why Chesterton Despised Thanksgiving Day

    Why Chesterton Despised Thanksgiving Day0

    Did you know that England also has a Thanksgiving Day?  Well, actually it doesn’t. But G. K. Chesterton did propose such a day for his England. And therein lies a tale, or at least a few thoughts for a Thanksgiving Day conversation.  Chesterton’s thoughts on thanksgiving with a small “t” are not at issue here.

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