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  • Burying ‘Dead White Males’

    Burying ‘Dead White Males’0

    In the on-going debate over whether “dead white males” like William Shakespeare are needed anymore in English courses, Sheffield University, one of England’s leading institutions of higher education, says No. According to a report in The Telegraph, an induction video for first-year students asserts that “academia has historically been a white dominated space” and encourages students

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  • Burnt Roses: 5 Tips for Valentine’s Day and Reviving Romance

    Burnt Roses: 5 Tips for Valentine’s Day and Reviving Romance0

    In “The Ugly Reason Why Romance Is Dead and Gone,” Holly Riordan’s revelations drive a stake straight through Cupid’s heart: We want to appear more laid-back than we actually are, so we keep our emotions bottled up. We think it’s cooler to hate on Valentine’s Day and on marriage and on love in general than

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  • Bureaucracy Doesn’t Allow Courage

    Bureaucracy Doesn’t Allow Courage11

    The tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, has shifted dramatically in the last few days from the horror of young lives needlessly snuffed out by a gunman, to the horror of why more wasn’t done to save them. Finger-pointing and blaming abound, particularly toward the police who responded to the shooting. Video footage and firsthand accounts have

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  • Bullying Video Goes Viral Days after U.S. City Votes to Fine Parents for Child Bullying

    Bullying Video Goes Viral Days after U.S. City Votes to Fine Parents for Child Bullying0

    The city council of Shawano, Wisconsin, recently passed an ordinance that will allow the city to fine parents whose children are caught exhibiting “bullying behavior.” Via Fox59 Indianapolis: Under the new ordinance, parents will be warned if police determine their child bullied another child. Parents have 90 days to address their child’s behavior. If their child

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  • Building Your Own Food Supply Chains During COVID-19

    Building Your Own Food Supply Chains During COVID-190

    As we are all presently discovering, there are inherent risks built into the industrialized food system with its just-in-time delivery. In the last 150 years we have migrated away from growing our own food to relying on distant production facilities and long supply chains. This arrangement is highly efficient and profitable when times are good.

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  • Building Walls for Protection is Not Immoral or Unchristian

    Building Walls for Protection is Not Immoral or Unchristian0

    The building of walls has been very much in the news over the past week or so. There is, of course, the famous or infamous wall that President Elect Trump has promised to build along the Mexican border. And then there are the recent comments by Pope Francis, seen as a thinly-veiled intervention by the

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