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  • The Imitation of Christ: The Most Influential Book After the Bible

    The Imitation of Christ: The Most Influential Book After the Bible0

    If someone asks you to name the all-time bestselling book, you’d most likely answer “The Bible.” And you’d be right. According to Guinness World Records: “Although it is impossible to obtain exact figures, there is little doubt that the Bible is the world’s best-selling and most widely distributed book. A survey by the Bible Society

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  • The Ignored Factor in New Zealand’s Mass Shooting

    The Ignored Factor in New Zealand’s Mass Shooting0

    What turned Brenton Tarrant, the 28-year-old Australian who murdered 50 people at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, last week into a mass killer? We’ll never know for sure. The media has been full of speculation. The suspects include extreme right-wing ideologies, racism, toxic masculinity, resentment of immigrants, first person shooter video games, the internet,

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  • The Ideology of Statue Smashing

    The Ideology of Statue Smashing0

    • August 29, 2018

    Statue smashing is back in the news. One night last week, University of North Carolina students pulled down “Silent Sam,” a bronze monument to students and faculty of the university who fought as Confederate soldiers in the Civil War. The bronze figure is portrayed as static, quiet and without ammunition for his gun—and facing northward—apparently

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  • The Ideology Behind “So What You’re Saying Is…”

    The Ideology Behind “So What You’re Saying Is…”0

    • February 2, 2018

    My social media feed these past few days has contained several references to the recent interview between Canadian psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson and BBC journalist Cathy Newman. Throughout the interview, as Dr. Peterson gave his views on topics like feminism and LGBT rights, Ms. Newman routinely interrupted him with the meme-worthy phrase, “So what you’re

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  • The Ideologies of Capitalism and Socialism

    The Ideologies of Capitalism and Socialism0

    “Capitalism” and “socialism” both are 19th century ideological tags; they delude and ensnare, as do all ideologies. Zealots for “democratic capitalism” seem to have forgotten that it was Karl Marx who made the word “capitalism” a theoretical concept. Surviving enthusiasts for an abstraction called “socialism” impose killing burdens upon themselves by endeavoring to maintain a

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  • The Idea of Creating a New Universe in the Lab is No Joke

    The Idea of Creating a New Universe in the Lab is No Joke0

    Physicists aren’t often reprimanded for using risqué humour in their academic writings, but in 1991 that is exactly what happened to the cosmologist Andrei Linde at Stanford University. He had submitted a draft article entitled ‘Hard Art of the Universe Creation’ to the journal Nuclear Physics B. In it, he outlined the possibility of creating

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