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  • The best form of government?

    The best form of government?0

    Political-philosophy types should all be familiar with Plato’s belief that the “philosopher king” would be the best ruler. The problem is you can never find him. Picking up on that theme, Thomas Aquinas delves into the best form of government in On Kingship (De Regno). For all of us living in America, we probably would

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  • The Best Article (So Far) Explaining Trump’s Weird Rise

    The Best Article (So Far) Explaining Trump’s Weird Rise0

    David Wong at Cracked has written what is perhaps the best article I’ve yet read explaining the rise of Donald Trump. Published last week, it has already been read by more than 3 million people. (Warning: the article contains some profanity.)   The headline of the article, “How Half of America Lost Its F**king Mind,”

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  • The Best Argument for Atheism

    The Best Argument for Atheism1

    David Bentley Hart is one of the foremost Christian apologists and prose stylists of our age. Perhaps his most popular work is Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies, which contains a critique of many of the bad arguments against God’s existence put forward by contemporary atheists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel

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  • The Best Anti-Fascist Strategy? Let them Speak.

    The Best Anti-Fascist Strategy? Let them Speak.0

    While the country is still reeling from shocking images of the violence in Charlottesville, VA last weekend, CNN reports the so-called “Alt Right” is planning nine events for this weekend, including a “free speech rally” in Boston. As expected, counter-protests are being planned, although local police in most areas are planning to take measures to

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  • The Best and Worst Story you will Read Today

    The Best and Worst Story you will Read Today0

    An older and troubling yet uplifting inside story of an abandoned assisted living home comes from NPR’s StoryCorps: “When an assisted living home in California shut down last fall, many of its residents were left behind, with nowhere to go. The staff at the Valley Springs Manor left when they stopped getting paid — except

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  • The Berkeley Battles Are a Sign of Things to Come

    The Berkeley Battles Are a Sign of Things to Come0

    Just how close are we to repeating the political violence of interwar Germany? How bad is it, and how bad can it get? ??Populist-right demonstrators and radical-left protesters clashed in Berkeley, California yesterday. The belligerents used such weapons as fists, feet, rocks, pepper spray, smoke bombs, barricades, and a trash dumpster/battering ram. There was one

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