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  • Was Trump Reasonable on Immigration?

    Was Trump Reasonable on Immigration?0

    Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump’s speech on Monday following the Orlando massacre has made some waves. Whether or not you agree with Trump, some of his points on immigration are worth pondering. The entire transcript of his speech is available from Politico.  When Trump describes what he wants to do if he is elected, he stated: The

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  • Was This Man the Founding Father of Fascism?

    Was This Man the Founding Father of Fascism?0

    Have you heard of the “great man” theory of history? The meaning is obvious from the words. The idea is that history moves in epochal shifts under the leadership of visionary, bold, often ruthless men who marshal the energy of masses of people to push events in radical new directions. Nothing is the same after

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  • Was There a Star of Bethlehem? An Astronomer Presents the Evidence.

    Was There a Star of Bethlehem? An Astronomer Presents the Evidence.0

    Christmas is over, right? Or so many of us think. But before the Christmas season ran from Thanksgiving to December 25th, as it does today, the first few days of January were a major part of the Christmas celebration. The “Twelve Days of Christmas” officially end on January 6th, or Epiphany, the day on which

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  • Was There a Star of Bethlehem? An Astronomer Presents the Evidence.

    Was There a Star of Bethlehem? An Astronomer Presents the Evidence.1

    Christmas is over, right? Or so many of us think. But before the Christmas season ran from Thanksgiving to Dec. 25, as it does today, the first few days of January were a major part of the Christmas celebration. The “Twelve Days of Christmas” officially end on Jan. 6, or Epiphany, the day on which

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  • Was Stephen Hawking Really Just a Computer?

    Was Stephen Hawking Really Just a Computer?1

    Stephen Hawking once pronounced that he thought he was little more than a computer and that, because of this, he was unafraid to die. “I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for

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  • Was Shakespeare Really a Nihilist?

    Was Shakespeare Really a Nihilist?1

    Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury Signifying nothing. Does this wonderful passage from Macbeth signify that Shakespeare believed that human life was idiotic and utterly

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