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  • Church ‘Marketing’? Sales Tactics Might Diminish Christianity.

    Church ‘Marketing’? Sales Tactics Might Diminish Christianity.1

    The New Conference of the Old German Baptist Brethren, a conservative church denomination with 37 congregations nationwide, is struggling to retain its congregants. Young members, especially, are questioning denominational standards, sometimes moving away from their childhood community. The church’s intensely conservative principles seem to play a strong part in driving younger members away. Though church

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  • Chuck Schumer Under Fire After NYC Terrorist Attack for Role in ‘Diversity Visa Lottery’

    Chuck Schumer Under Fire After NYC Terrorist Attack for Role in ‘Diversity Visa Lottery’0

    • November 1, 2017

    President Donald Trump slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., early Wednesday for his role in launching the program that reportedly allowed an extremist onto American soil. Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, 29, a green card holder from Uzbekistan, mowed down pedestrians and bicyclists in a rented truck Tuesday afternoon in lower Manhattan before crashing into a school bus. He

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  • Chronic Absenteeism Is a Problem, But Most Proposed Solutions Miss the Point

    Chronic Absenteeism Is a Problem, But Most Proposed Solutions Miss the Point1

    Two weeks ago, three unlikely bedfellows joined forces to announce their intention to cut K-12 chronic absenteeism in half by 2029. The right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, the left-leaning Education Trust, and the nonprofit organization Attendance Works revealed their plan in Washington, DC. The coalition hopes to combat chronic absenteeism, defined as students missing 10 percent or more

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  • Christopher Robin and the Value of Doing Nothing

    Christopher Robin and the Value of Doing Nothing0

    “I remember one morning, all blue and silver, in the summer holidays when I reluctantly tore myself away from the task of doing nothing in particular.” —G.K. Chesterton, “A Piece of Chalk” Watching the new Disney movie Christopher Robin, I was amazed by its timeliness—and not just in the sense that it’s idyllic summer entertainment.

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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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