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  • When Communists Abolished the Weekend

    When Communists Abolished the Weekend0

    Anti-capitalists on both left and right tell us that “capitalism” is destroying the weekend. The conservatives insist we need laws to punish people who try to sell things on Sunday. Leftists insist “unbridled capitalism” is destroying the weekend, which “lets us cultivate the seeds of civil society…” But it’s not capitalism that’s doing this dirty work. The decline of

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  • When Censorship’s the Game, Despotism Is the Goal

    When Censorship’s the Game, Despotism Is the Goal0

    We’re only a few months beyond the turn of the calendar and already I have a candidate for the word of the year: Censorship. Examples are proliferating at such a fast rate that it seems like a game of whac-a-mole just to keep up with all of them. A few of the most recent include:

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  • When Can We Talk About Trans Mass Shooters?

    When Can We Talk About Trans Mass Shooters?6

    Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, home of megachurch pastor Joel Osteen, was the site of an attempted mass shooting on February 11. During a Sunday afternoon Spanish-language service, a woman armed with an AK-15 and dressed in a trench coat stormed the church with her 7-year-old son and proceeded to open fire on the congregation.

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  • When Books Die, All at Once

    When Books Die, All at Once1

    Never has the stock market soared higher nor the supply of affordable books been cheaper. Lucky or cursed, let us examine the latter–about which T.S. Eliot asks a great question but falls short in his reply. I confess, I adore them. I thrill to their touch; my heart is aroused by their scent. If old

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  • When Back-to-School Blues Signal a Deeper Problem

    When Back-to-School Blues Signal a Deeper Problem2

    September’s crisp air once carried the promise of new beginnings for students. Fresh notebooks, sharpened pencils, and the excitement of reuniting with friends painted an idyllic back-to-school season. But for an increasing number of students and families, this annual rite of passage now brings a complex mix of emotions: anticipation tinged with anxiety, hope shadowed

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  • When Americans Tried – and Failed – to Reunite Christianity

    When Americans Tried – and Failed – to Reunite Christianity0

    • November 8, 2017

    Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther, a German monk, initiated a split in Christianity that came to be known as the Protestant Reformation. After the Reformation, deep divisions between Protestants and Catholics contributed to wars, hostility and violence in Europe and America. For centuries, each side denounced the other and sought to convert its followers.

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