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  • Do Not Get a PhD in the Liberal Arts, Unless…

    Do Not Get a PhD in the Liberal Arts, Unless…3

    I have a Ph.D. in Theology. I’m happy I have the Ph.D., and it’s been useful to me both in my thinking and writing. But would I have gone on for a Ph.D. knowing what I do now? Probably not. Recently, my friend Dave Deavel published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled “The

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  • Do New Inventions Kill Old Liberties?

    Do New Inventions Kill Old Liberties?0

    There is one aspect of modern science and machinery that nobody has noticed. It is quite new, and it is enormously important. It is this; that the very fact of using new methods makes it easier to fall back on old morals, especially if they are very immoral morals. These prescient words came from the

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  • Do Most Humans Long to Be Ruled?

    Do Most Humans Long to Be Ruled?0

    Is America ripe for a dictatorial coup? It’s a question more and more pundits are asking. (We’ve also chimed in.) Why? First, it’s a presidential election year. And everyone gets a little crazy crazier during election season. But it’s more than that. Ross Douthat, writing in the New York Times over the weekend, observed that

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  • Do More Americans Need to Get Outdoors?

    Do More Americans Need to Get Outdoors?0

    It’s becoming increasingly uncommon for adults and children alike to get out of doors, and that’s causing major health problems. According to U.S. News and World Report, the failure of many Americans to get out of doors may be related to childhood temper tantrums and even “chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and asthma.” As

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  • Do Millennials Take Employment for Granted?

    Do Millennials Take Employment for Granted?0

    By now, you may have heard of Talia Jane, the young woman who posted an open letter to the CEO of Yelp/Eat24 on Medium a few days ago. The letter explained that despite her college education, she found herself a young, starving, twenty-something struggling to live on a Yelp/Eat24 salary of a little more than

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  • Do Millennials Really Love Socialism?

    Do Millennials Really Love Socialism?0

    The millennial generation is taking a lot of heat lately, with even some of its members a bit shame-faced about their values, habits, and much else. Most troubling to the economically literate are surveys revealing millennials’ high level of comfort with socialism: at least one poll suggests a majority might prefer to live in a socialist or communist society. Since many in

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