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  • The ‘OK Boomer’ Meme Comes From a Place of Insecurity

    The ‘OK Boomer’ Meme Comes From a Place of Insecurity2

    A friend of mine recently saw the new Joker movie. As he explained the plot to me, it was evident that he was unimpressed. Perhaps disturbed is a better word. He found the treatment of older people, many of whom were portrayed as inept or disposable, particularly troubling. Unfortunately, such disrespectful treatment seems to be

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  • The ‘Medicare for All’ Math Doesn’t Add Up

    The ‘Medicare for All’ Math Doesn’t Add Up0

    Senator Elizabeth Warren has said more than once she’s “with Bernie” on Medicare for All, a reference to Sen. Bernie Sanders’ ambitious plan to nationalize America’s health care system. Unlike Sanders, however, Warren is refusing to say how she’ll pay for it. Last week during ABC’s presidential debate, she dodged a question from George Stephanopoulos, who

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  • The ‘Maundy’ Thursday Story

    The ‘Maundy’ Thursday Story0

    Today is Maundy Thursday of the Christian Holy Week in the West. Traditionally, the day remembers the Last Supper, Christ’s washing of the disciples’ feet, and the great mandate, which is where the name Maundy is derived. To begin, the name ‘Maundy’ is derived from the Latin word ‘mandatum’, which means ‘commandment’.   From the

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  • The ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Will Do Almost Nothing That Joe Manchin Says It Will

    The ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Will Do Almost Nothing That Joe Manchin Says It Will2

    In a major reversal, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D–WV) struck a deal with Senator Chuck Schumer (D–NY) to enact a major climate, entitlement, and tax bill. This legislation has been praised by President Biden, Al Gore, and other proponents of highly progressive policies. Dubbed the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” Senate Democrats voted to pass

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  • The ‘Greatest Show on Earth’

    The ‘Greatest Show on Earth’0

    In a winter of severe illness and death, without the aid of vaccines or even anti-biotics, and during a global pandemic of Spanish Flu, in the winter of 1918-1919, one of the richest men in the world was working to merge the two largest circus acts in the country into one enormous show. In March

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  • The ‘God of the Gaps’ Is Growing

    The ‘God of the Gaps’ Is Growing0

    The story of the god of the gaps ends like a bad dream. The scientist has scaled the mountains of ignorance, he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries… Atheists have a

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