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The New 'Superman' Surprises with a Message About the Value of Human Life
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- July 16, 2025
As you may know, Calvin & Hobbes contains religious and philosophical significance in its very title. In a nod to his political science classes in college, creator Bill Watterson named Calvin after John Calvin, the 16th-century theologian and reformer, and Hobbes after the 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes. Here are 12 times that philosophy and religion spilled
READ MOREMy five-year-old was a blubbering, hot mess. He tackled kindergarten fine nine months before, but the first day of summer camp was too much for him. “I don’t want to go. I don’t want to go,” he moaned, sobbing fat crocodile tears. Most parents have been in situations like this. It’s one of the toughest
READ MOREBusiness Insider has an interesting graphic showing eight things smart people seem to have in common. You have a cat You’re the oldest child You took music lessons You don’t smoke You’re thin You’ve used recreational drugs You’re left-handed Eight is not quite enough for my taste, so let’s look at a few more indicators of intelligence:
READ MOREFrom the prolific writer (1925-2012) and perceptive critic of American politics: 1. “By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.” 2. “Happily for the busy lunatics who rule over us, we are permanently the United States of Amnesia. We learn nothing because we remember nothing.”
READ MOREToday the film Me Before You, based on a 2012 novel of the same title, opens in theaters throughout the U.S. and Britain. It centers on a talented man, Will Traynor, whom a motorcycle accident made quadriplegic; he no longer finds life worth living and commits suicide calmly, with a bit of help, after much
READ MOREDo you want to reduce your risk of death by gun violence? If so, consider these 10 common sense ways to do so. These are things one can implement fully and immediately with no permission or agreement from anyone else but are entirely in the control of any individual. Marching to persuade politicians is a
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