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  • What Life is Like in a Relativist Society

    What Life is Like in a Relativist Society0

    • November 3, 2015

    So, morality is all a matter of personal preference. There is no way to have a rational argument between competing moral claims, or about whose vision of life is more correct. All we can do is agree to disagree, or try to force other people to agree with us through non-rational means.   At least,

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  • What Kind of School Will Help Your Kids To Be Happily Married?

    What Kind of School Will Help Your Kids To Be Happily Married?0

    The debate over the merits of private schools versus public schools tends to revolve around their relative success in boosting test scores, graduation rates, and college admissions. Which are more successful in giving children the skills they need to thrive in today’s economy? Utilitarian questions like these frame most contemporary discussions of the value of

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  • What Kind of Health Care Did American Women Really Want When They Deserted Kamala?

    What Kind of Health Care Did American Women Really Want When They Deserted Kamala?9

    Donald Trump’s stunning victory has everyone talking, especially about the surprising gains that he made with minority, youth, and women voters. As a woman, I was told that most of us would be voting for Harris because she was a champion of women’s health. It didn’t happen. In fact, Harris barely won the majority of the

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  • What Kids Learn When They’re ‘Just’ Playing

    What Kids Learn When They’re ‘Just’ Playing1

    We’re heading into two weeks (or possibly … two months? two years?) of the kids at home. It’s called Christmas break, as if it’s a break from learning. But that’s just our Puritan Work Ethic talking—the idea that if something is fun, it is a pause from our real job, which is to always be hard

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  • What Kafka, COVID, and Music Have in Common

    What Kafka, COVID, and Music Have in Common1

    The last orchestral performance I went to was shortly after our local orchestra resumed limited, socially distanced performances after the initial shutdown. That was in November 2020, nearly two full months after Governor DeSantis had removed any official statewide restrictions. It was a Kafkaesque experience. At the dawn of the night, I felt really good about it.

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  • What Jordan Peterson’s Response to a Disturbed Fan Teaches about Humility

    What Jordan Peterson’s Response to a Disturbed Fan Teaches about Humility0

    Last week, Jordan Peterson spoke at the Liberty University convocation (full video here). It was an unusual venue for a secular man, a clinical psychologist who is decidedly not an Evangelical in his style or his belief. Esther O’Reilly at Patheos talks about something that happened during the Q&A portion of his talk.  If you want to

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