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  • ‘Anti-Civics’ Being Taught in U.S. Colleges, NAS Report says

    ‘Anti-Civics’ Being Taught in U.S. Colleges, NAS Report says0

    “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” According to a recent report of the National Association of Scholars, this line (from Yeats’ apocalyptic poem The Second Coming) may be a fitting description of what kind of citizens are being produced by American universities today. The 525-page report—“Making Citizens: How

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  • ‘American Journalism Collapsing Before our Eyes’

    ‘American Journalism Collapsing Before our Eyes’0

    • August 22, 2016

    Veteran journalist Michael Goodwin, writing in the New York Post over the weekend, said a tragedy is unfolding before our eyes. Donald Trump may or may not fix his campaign, and Hillary Clinton may or may not become the first female president. But something else happening before our eyes is almost as important: the complete collapse of

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  • ‘American Capitalism’ Is the Enemy

    ‘American Capitalism’ Is the Enemy0

    Sparked by the Black Lives Matter movement, cities across the United States went up in flames last year, beset with looters, agitators, and killers. As leaves, and ashes, fell softly last autumn, homicide rates began to soar nationwide as $1 billion-plus in claims registered on the insurance industry’s books, making these riots the most destructive in American history.  Even so,

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  • ‘Alloparenting’ Is Not a Replacement for the Traditional Family

    ‘Alloparenting’ Is Not a Replacement for the Traditional Family0

    Is it good for parents to have lots of help raising their children? Often it is, and sometimes it’s even necessary. Of course, it depends on who’s helping, how they help, and why the help given is needed. But does it follow that the value of good help casts doubt on the benefits of being

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  • ‘A Handmaid’s Tale’: Now in Feminist Imaginations Everywhere

    ‘A Handmaid’s Tale’: Now in Feminist Imaginations Everywhere3

    And the award for most contrived, unrealistic, and preachy television drama goes to… I’ve always thought that the best way to ruin a book’s audience is to make a movie out of it. Once the movie is made (and if it is successful), no one wants to read the book anymore. I’m thinking Lord of

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  • ‘A Christmas Carol’ Teaches Key Lessons in the Christian Vocation

    ‘A Christmas Carol’ Teaches Key Lessons in the Christian Vocation0

    “Is Christmas too materialistic? Well, it’s not as materialistic as God becoming flesh, redeeming our sinful flesh, and sending us back into the material world to live out our faith in love and service to our physical neighbors.” –Gene Veith We are routinely told that Charles Dickens’ beloved story, A Christmas Carol, was instrumental in giving

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