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  • Will America Be Better Off Without Religion?

    Will America Be Better Off Without Religion?0

    The Enlightenment dream was of a West united by the secular ideals of freedom and equality, rather than by traditional Christianity. Apparently, that dream is finally becoming more of a reality. According to a poll released by the Pew Foundation last week, a “rapidly rising” segment of U.S. adults now identify as “spiritual but not

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  • Will 22 Million Americans Lose Their Healthcare if Obamacare is Replaced?

    Will 22 Million Americans Lose Their Healthcare if Obamacare is Replaced?0

    Whether the Affordable Care Act is repealed or replaced, one thing is certain: tens of millions of Americans–32 million, or 22 million, or 24 million–will be kicked off healthcare plans. At least that’s the scenario widely being reported. To be fair, these figures are all based on reports from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

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  • Wikipedia Bans Daily Mail as Source

    Wikipedia Bans Daily Mail as Source0

    On Feb. 4, the Daily Mail published an article headlined, “Exposed: How world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data.” The article centered on Dr. John Bates, a former NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) scientist who claimed to have “irrefutable evidence” the government used “unverified” data in a 2015 paper that

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  • WikiLeaks 1941

    WikiLeaks 19410

    (This story was originally published by Chronicles on December 7, 2010.) Over 2,400 American sailors, soldiers and airmen were killed in Pearl Harbor 69 years ago today. Had we had an equivalent of WikiLeaks back in 1941, however, the course of history could have been very different. FDR would have found it much more difficult

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  • Widow’s Searing ‘Rage Defense’ of Patton Oswalt’s Engagement Goes Viral

    Widow’s Searing ‘Rage Defense’ of Patton Oswalt’s Engagement Goes Viral0

    Erica Roman is a widow who blogs about the pain of losing someone. Her husband died unexpectedly of an undetected heart condition in 2016, and blogging helps her heal, she says. In a blog post published over the weekend, she wrote that she was thrilled to learn that actor and comedian Patton Oswalt–who also lost

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  • Widow Explains Why Assisted Suicide Can Be Harder on the Family Than Natural Death

    Widow Explains Why Assisted Suicide Can Be Harder on the Family Than Natural Death0

    The journalist wife of a Sky News journalist has written a memoir chronicling her reaction to her husband’s one-way trip to a Swiss suicide clinic. Deborah Binner is bitterly critical of the decision her spouse Simon made to seek assisted suicide after being stricken with a fast-moving form of motor neurone disease. She writes from

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