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  • Dying Alone – Building Community in an Age of Isolation

    Dying Alone – Building Community in an Age of Isolation10

    On Feb. 26, 2025, first responders found Betsy Arakawa, 65, dead on the bathroom floor of the palatial Sante Fe, N.M., home she shared with husband and Hollywood star Gene Hackman, 95. Hackman’s body was found in the mudroom. Investigation revealed that Arakawa had died around Feb. 11 of a rare rodent-borne disease, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, while

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  • Dutchman ‘Identifies’ as Young Man, Demands to Have 20 Years Taken Off Age

    Dutchman ‘Identifies’ as Young Man, Demands to Have 20 Years Taken Off Age0

    A 69-year-old Dutch man is crossing a new trans-identity frontier. Emile Ratelband, a colourful “positivity guru” (pictured above), has asked a court to turn his legal clock back 20 years so that he can be officially recognised as 49 years old. He told the judge that he did not feel comfortable with his age and

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  • Dumbfounded by American Socialism

    Dumbfounded by American Socialism0

    In some regards — no, in many regards — I am a knucklehead. Talk to me of stocks and bonds, of escrow and amortization, and a curtain descends. Speak to me at a party of the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, the music of Philip Glass, and most of today’s Hollywood celebrities, and I will listen

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  • Duking It Out in Virginia

    Duking It Out in Virginia0

    Virginia has a long history as a battleground. In 1781 British General Cornwallis surrendered to a combined force of French and American troops at Yorktown, Virginia, effectively bringing an end to the Revolutionary War.            During the Civil War, Union and Confederate forces fought each other all over the state. You

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  • Duke Professor’s 1991 Warning about Campus Chaos is Oddly Prophetic

    Duke Professor’s 1991 Warning about Campus Chaos is Oddly Prophetic0

    If one was to judge solely from headlines, it would appear that the only activities occurring on university campuses these days are riots and outrage. As professor Jonathan Haidt notes, it’s as if the university is possessed of a “tribal mind” which views “the demonization of inconvenient research and researchers” as its chief end. Haidt’s

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  • Duke Prof: Diversity and Inclusion Offices ‘Should Not Exist’ at Universities

    Duke Prof: Diversity and Inclusion Offices ‘Should Not Exist’ at Universities0

    “‘Diversity and inclusion’ is the moral benchmark of our time…Every corporation, college, and government agency, along with a growing number of bowling leagues and bait-and-tackle shops, has an Office of Diversity and Inclusion.” So says William Voegeli in a recent article. And so says the University of California at Los Angeles, whose campus-wide Vice Chancellor for

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