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  • When Pinball was a ‘Menace to Society’ in America

    When Pinball was a ‘Menace to Society’ in America0

    ‘You step into the little stationery shop – or maybe it’s the corner drug store, the restaurant, the saloon, the roadside inn or the penny arcade. Instantly, the glittering device – its name may be Red Hot, Lineup, Landslide, Brite Spot, Mascot, Three Score or Sporty of Scoop – catches your eye. You walk over

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  • When Parents Track Kids at College

    When Parents Track Kids at College2

    A recent front-page article in The Wall Street Journal – “Surveillance Parents Face the Ultimate Firewall: Freshman Year” — described the difficulty — even agony — some parents are feeling when their kids go off to college and are harder to monitor and help from afar. I don’t blame parents for the fear and loss

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  • When Parents Put Politics Ahead of Faith

    When Parents Put Politics Ahead of Faith0

    After giving a presentation on living a Catholic identity to my church group recently, a grade school teacher from a Catholic school approached me to talk. Noting how she struggles to get the kids engaged in learning about their faith, she declared that they simply aren’t interested in the subject—they are more eager to debate

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  • When One of America’s Most Liberal Colleges Wasn’t So Liberal

    When One of America’s Most Liberal Colleges Wasn’t So Liberal0

    • September 21, 2015

    Oberlin College in Ohio is ranked as one of America’s most liberal colleges, and has become something of a microcosm of the PC culture that pervades college campuses today. Last year they were in the news for publishing an official document advising faculty to avoid presenting potential “triggering material.” Most recently, we highlighted an article

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  • When Nominalists Curl in the Squat Rack

    When Nominalists Curl in the Squat Rack0

    A gentleman at my gym recently took it upon himself to perform sets of standing barbell curls in a squat rack. This type of disordered behavior really aggravates me. A colleague of mine playfully jested with this degenerate: “Hey man, why you curling in the squat rack? There should be laws against that!” I joined

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  • When News Stories are about News Stories, Something has Gone Wrong.

    When News Stories are about News Stories, Something has Gone Wrong.0

    There are two kinds of news stories: There are news stories about something that happened, and there are news stories about news stories. When news stories are about news stories, that usually means that something has gone wrong.   The story about the Covington, Kentucky Catholic school students, who, according the original story, allegedly harassed

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