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  • ‘Let’s Eat the Babies!’

    ‘Let’s Eat the Babies!’0

    “Save the planet – Eat the children.” So read the words on the t-shirt of one of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s supporters. In addition to the slogan, the young woman offered these thoughts at the Ocasio-Cortez town hall event on Thursday, October 4: I love that you support the Green Deal, but it’s not getting rid of fossil fuel,

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  • ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ is No Longer Appropriate Terminology

    ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ is No Longer Appropriate Terminology1

    Via the BBC: “London Underground staff have been told to say ‘hello everyone’ in an effort to become more gender-neutral. TfL (Transport for London) said the move was to ensure all passengers felt ‘welcome’. LGBT campaign group Stonewall welcomed the decision, which was supported by London mayor Sadiq Khan at a session of Mayor’s Question

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  • ‘Know Thyself’ is a Really Bad Philosophy to Live By

    ‘Know Thyself’ is a Really Bad Philosophy to Live By0

    There is a phrase you are as likely to find in a serious philosophy text as you are in the wackiest self-help book: ‘Know thyself!’ The phrase has serious philosophical pedigree: by Socrates’ time, it was more or less received wisdom (apparently chiselled into the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi) though a

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  • ‘Jane Roe’ Made Abortion Legal. Then a Minister Changed her Heart.

    ‘Jane Roe’ Made Abortion Legal. Then a Minister Changed her Heart.0

    Just last month, two major marches in Washington DC drew hundreds of thousands of Americans to public demonstrations on both sides of the four decade long battle over the ‘right to abortion’ on demand legalized by the infamous Supreme Court Roe decision. It’s probably safe to say that the vast majority of activists on both sides don’t

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  • ‘It Begs the Question’—How to Actually Use That Phrase

    ‘It Begs the Question’—How to Actually Use That Phrase1

    “It begs the question…” Most people use this phrase to mean the equivalent of “It raises the question” or “It invites the question”. For instance, in a tee-up to their “news” story last month that Ivanka Trump still calls our president “Daddy”, Britain’s Telegraph wrote, “It begs the question—how old is too old to call

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  • ‘Is It OK to Still Have Children?’

    ‘Is It OK to Still Have Children?’0

    • February 26, 2019

    Is it morally permissible to have children? That question – which should have gone out with “What’s your sign?” or “Who shot J.R.?” in the 1980s – has come roaring back in a United States in which the birthrate continually hits new lows. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked the question in a video she posted on social media this weekend. AOC fears

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