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  • Are We at the Beginning of an Age of Barbarism?

    Are We at the Beginning of an Age of Barbarism?0

    Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) was one of the most significant philosophers of history of the modern era. In his major work The New Science (1725), Vico famously outlined what he believed to be the recurring cycle of human civilizations (using Greece and Rome as his primary examples), and his outline of the three ages of this

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  • Are We Already Fighting the 2nd Civil War?

    Are We Already Fighting the 2nd Civil War?0

    The possibility of another American civil war is something that many raise as a topic of interest, but usually dismiss as remote.     But in his most recent column, conservative pundit Dennis Prager goes so far as to say that “America is currently fighting its Second Civil War”: “In fact, with the obvious and enormous

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  • Are We All Bigots Now?

    Are We All Bigots Now?0

    First, some terms need to be defined here if this is going to make any sense. big·ot /’big?t/: a person intolerant of those holding different opinions. o·pin·ion /?’piny?n/: a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. For the sake of clarity, let us say that opinions are the sort

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  • Are We All ‘Cat Persons’ Now? How Modern Dating Destroys Intimacy

    Are We All ‘Cat Persons’ Now? How Modern Dating Destroys Intimacy0

    In our previous Public Discourse essay on the #MeToo movement and hookup culture, we argued that careful attention to human experience can teach us important and surprising things about the meaning of sex. The same can be said for popular culture. It often tells the truth about sex, in spite of itself. Kristen Roupenian’s short story “Cat

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  • Are We Addicted to Our Screens? How Can We Break Free?

    Are We Addicted to Our Screens? How Can We Break Free?2

    Habitually reaching into our purses or pockets to check our messages, staying up through the wee hours of the morning scrolling on social media, hearing phantom phone vibrations—these are all sure signs of a screen addiction. Like most people in the world these days, I have struggled with controlling my use of screens and technology.

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  • Are We <i>Really</i> All in This Together?

    Are We Really All in This Together?0

    Acronyms—LOL, PIN, ASAP, CAPTCHA, RADAR, LASAR, SCUBA, and others that combine the initial letters of other words, the whole being pronounced as a single word—have become part of the English language. Let’s coin another one: WAITT (no, that’s not a misspelling of WAIT), an acronym for “We’re All in This Together.” The five-word phrase itself

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