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  • Aristotle Can Help You Know Whether to Fire Off that Text or Email

    Aristotle Can Help You Know Whether to Fire Off that Text or Email0

    Suppose you want to get in touch with a friend. Once, your options for doing so might have been sparse: pick up the phone or write a letter. But these days, you have to decide: Should you call or text, use Snapchat, or reach out on Twitter, Messenger or Skype? Other considerations, whether it’s an

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  • Argument: The Christian God Doesn’t Seem Like Such a Good Father

    Argument: The Christian God Doesn’t Seem Like Such a Good Father0

    Is God a “good Father”? My answer: No. At least, not as many people conceive God. Consider two claims that I hear about God quite often:  Claim 1: God does not owe us anything.  Claim 2: All glory, honor, and praise must go to God alone.  It seems to me that when these claims appear alongside of

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  • Argentina’s President Javier Milei Takes a Torch to the Davos Elite

    Argentina’s President Javier Milei Takes a Torch to the Davos Elite5

    Javier Milei was sworn in as the president of Argentina less than two months ago, and he is already making a big splash at home and abroad. During his presidential campaign, the libertarian economist, former rock singer, and political outsider turned heads by wielding a literal chainsaw symbolizing his plans for Argentina’s bloated bureaucracy. A

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  • Are Zero-Tolerance Policies Hurting the Good Kids?

    Are Zero-Tolerance Policies Hurting the Good Kids?0

    After tragic events such as the shootings at Columbine, Newtown, and other schools, education officials are understandably anxious to prevent more cases such as these. For that reason, many schools have tightened bans against weapons, violence, and other questionable behaviors. But do these bans sometimes go overboard and actually hurt kids who are good students,

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  • Are Your Friends Really Your Friends?

    Are Your Friends Really Your Friends?0

    • July 17, 2015

    To get by, we all need a little help from our friends. But in an age too often marked by superficiality, we often think about whether those we now call “friends” are actually our friends who will be with us in both fair and stormy weather. Turns out, the people in times past thought about

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  • Are Your Beliefs Rational? Four Tests to Evaluate Your Worldview

    Are Your Beliefs Rational? Four Tests to Evaluate Your Worldview1

    Theologian and philosopher Richard J. Mouw recounts once seeing a car with a Playboy bunny sticker on the rear window and a statue of the Virgin Mary on the front dashboard. He initially assumed that there was a reasonable explanation to the apparent contradiction: a Catholic wife and a brazen spouse, perhaps? Only later did

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