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  • Why the Current Unemployment Is Worse Than the Great Depression

    Why the Current Unemployment Is Worse Than the Great Depression0

    The latest report on new unemployment claims was abysmal, coming in at 4.4 million last week, some 100,000 more than surveyed economists had expected. The continuous claims came in at just under 16 million, an all-time record. Mainstream labor economists estimate that, all things considered, the actual unemployment rate now (which is only officially reported

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  • Why the Current Flight to Small Towns May Save America

    Why the Current Flight to Small Towns May Save America0

    A friend of mine decided to shake the dust of the cities off his feet last year and migrate to a more rural area. Reflecting on the move, he seemed surprised at how much he was enjoying the change. My takeaway from our conversation was that his life was fresh and new now that he

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  • Why the Culture Wars Are Philosophy Wars

    Why the Culture Wars Are Philosophy Wars0

    If you watched the Super Bowl you probably saw, and may even have noticed, the Doritos commercial. It contains a pregnant woman’s ultrasound image of her unborn child. The use of that image provoked a tweet of outrage from NARAL Pro-Choice America: Now you might call humanizing human fetuses an “anti-choice tactic,” but as an

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  • Why the Christian Right Opposes Pornography but Still Supports Trump

    Why the Christian Right Opposes Pornography but Still Supports Trump0

    Many commentators have pointed out the hypocrisy of Christian leaders who claim a moral high ground while supporting President Donald Trump. The latest scandal involving an alleged extramarital affair with pornographic film star Stormy Daniels proves no exception. The Christian right that supports Trump has found ways to justify their support of the president, for

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  • Why the Catholic Church’s Teaching on Contraception Doesn’t Resonate

    Why the Catholic Church’s Teaching on Contraception Doesn’t Resonate0

    When it comes to prohibiting all contraceptive use during sexual intercourse, the Roman Catholic Church is the “last of the Mohicans” among Christians. The typical narrative is that all Christian denominations used to consider contraception evil until relatively recently in history. But then the Anglican Church caved at their 1930 Lambeth Conference, and it was

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  • Why the Bible Doesn’t Stand a Chance Today

    Why the Bible Doesn’t Stand a Chance Today5

    The 2002 film Reign of Fire portrays a post-apocalyptic world in which dragons have reawakened and established their dominance over the world. Near the beginning of the film, Christian Bale and Gerard Butler’s characters do a dramatic portrayal of a scene from The Empire Strikes Back for a group of children who would have never

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