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  • Can Shakespeare Save Civilization?

    Can Shakespeare Save Civilization?0

    Perhaps an apology might be necessary for the sheer audacity of beginning any essay with such a question and with such a seemingly absurd claim. Of course, Shakespeare cannot save civilization, at least not on his own. Perhaps we should rephrase things a little, asking a slightly different question: Can Civilization be Saved without Shakespeare?

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  • Can Sexual Orientation Change?

    Can Sexual Orientation Change?0

    You can tell when an opinion begins to harden into a dogma – when Hollywood releases a film about heroic victims of oppressive zealots. Which is what has happened this year on the topic of “gay conversion therapy”. Not one, but two films describe the horrors endured by gay teenagers whose parents force them to

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  • Can Royalty and Victimhood Co-Exist?

    Can Royalty and Victimhood Co-Exist?0

    It seems like everyone wants to be a victim these days. Terms like “microaggression” and “safe space” came out of nowhere a few years ago and quickly entered common parlance. But how can you be a victim when you are part of the institution that – for the past 1,000 years – has represented the

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  • Can Rising Depression Rates Be Reduced by This New Education Tactic?

    Can Rising Depression Rates Be Reduced by This New Education Tactic?0

    There are two common trends in the world of early-childhood education. The first is to have children spend more time engaging in play. The second is quite the opposite, and attempts to give young children a head start by filling their minds with rigorous academics. But one English school for children ages four and five

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  • Can Religion Help Rejuvenate the Black Community?

    Can Religion Help Rejuvenate the Black Community?0

    A while back, Intellectual Takeout wrote a piece on the black on black crime rate in Chicago. Tragically, nearly three-quarters of Chicago murder victims AND the perpetrators are black. Combined with the depressing number of out-of-wedlock births, incarcerations, and other problematic trends, statistics like these can seem insurmountable. But new research highlighted in The Atlantic

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  • Can Political Freedom Exist Without Virtue? America’s Founders Didn’t Think So.

    Can Political Freedom Exist Without Virtue? America’s Founders Didn’t Think So.0

    America’s Founding Fathers were a contentious lot, disagreeing about everything from the need for a Bill of Rights to the merits of skinny-dipping “near the Bridge … whilst …Ladies of the first fashion in the neighbourhood, are passing over it…” But they spoke unanimously on one topic: the requirement for a moral citizenry if the

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