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  • Sometimes It Takes a Baby to Bring Out the Humanity in Us

    Sometimes It Takes a Baby to Bring Out the Humanity in Us1

    Air travel today might be considered the triumph of individualism. It involves people in their own bubbles rushing to destinations with little human contact. It is a case of Hobbes’ “every man against every man” as all travelers compete with each other to navigate inside the lonely crowd. All think about themselves in a climate

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  • Something Wicked this Way Comes: Sexbots are in production

    Something Wicked this Way Comes: Sexbots are in production1

    You arrive home from a long day of work. Your partner greets you at the door with your favorite beverage, eases you into a chair, and massages your shoulders to get rid of the kinks accumulated by the day. Supper—healthy and one of your favorite meals—is already on the stove. After you eat—your partner spends

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  • Something Rotten in Denmark: Israel, ‘Hamlet,’ and the Current Crisis

    Something Rotten in Denmark: Israel, ‘Hamlet,’ and the Current Crisis15

    As someone with a background in foreign affairs and English literature, I realized recently that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the Hamlet of territorial disputes. While Hamlet is often considered the exemplar of Shakespeare’s corpus, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is often regarded as the exemplar of land disputes. Like Hamlet, the conflict has garnered much attention over the

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  • Something Pro-Life and Pro-Choice People Can Agree On?

    Something Pro-Life and Pro-Choice People Can Agree On?0

    This week, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump suggested during an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that women who have abortions should be “punished” in some form. Of course, that evoked outrage from pro-choice voters. But it also riled most pro-life voters, too. It’s important to understand why, if only to keep our facts straight. The

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  • Something Beautiful: The Path of Success to Lifelong Learning

    Something Beautiful: The Path of Success to Lifelong Learning0

    Suppose you’re a successful engineer who now wishes he had taken more English literature courses in college. Suppose you’re a stay at home mother of four, and your sixteen-year-old daughter has taken an interest in classical music, a subject as foreign to you as Portuguese. Suppose you’re a bright homeschooling teen who wants to learn

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  • Some Thoughts on Halloween and Ray Bradbury

    Some Thoughts on Halloween and Ray Bradbury0

    In 2015, blogger Amanda Russo posted a humorous piece “Why Halloween Is Actually A Pretty Weird Holiday.” As Russo says, on Halloween we encourage our kids to take candy from strangers. We threaten our neighbors with “Trick or Treat.” We spend a chunk of change buying and giving away sugary treats, often to people we

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