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  • Christopher Lasch’s 9 Characteristics of the “New Narcissist”

    Christopher Lasch’s 9 Characteristics of the “New Narcissist”2

    Christopher Lasch’s bestseller The Culture of Narcissism (1979) remains an influential description of America in its twilight. Without having read it, many wonder: what does Lasch mean by the term “culture of narcissism”? Well, in the preface, Lasch states the purpose of his work: “This book, however, describes a way of life that is dying—the

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  • Christopher Hitchens on Why We Desperately Need Free Speech

    Christopher Hitchens on Why We Desperately Need Free Speech0

    One sentence. Five restrictions on the power of the government of the United States. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for

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  • Christmas: ’Tis the Season to Be Pagan?

    Christmas: ’Tis the Season to Be Pagan?3

    The festive season is upon us — a time to decorate the house, gather with family, exchange gifts, and of course, discuss the pagan origins of Christmas. In recent years, suggesting and suspecting that Christmas has a pagan past has almost become a Christmas tradition in its own right. Now, an increasing number of Christians are

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  • Christmas Shopping for a Happier New Year

    Christmas Shopping for a Happier New Year2

    Oscar Wilde defined a cynic as one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. If this is so, many of us are more cynical than we realize because we don’t know the difference between price and value. We buy the cheapest because this is our duty as good consumers. We need

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  • Christmas Shopping for a Happier New Year

    Christmas Shopping for a Happier New Year0

    Oscar Wilde defined a cynic as one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. If this is so, many of us are more cynical than we realize because we don’t know the difference between price and value. We buy the cheapest because this is our duty as good consumers. We need

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  • Christmas Predators, Parasites, or Magi?

    Christmas Predators, Parasites, or Magi?0

    A couple of years ago there was quite a kerfuffle about the holiday duet, “Baby, its Cold Outside.” This song, from 1944, features a dialogue which some people might describe as a man trying to talk a woman into staying longer at his place on a snowy night. The criticism said the song was really about a

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