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  • Out of the Mouth of Babes: The Unseen Abortion Fallout

    Out of the Mouth of Babes: The Unseen Abortion Fallout6

    That day Julie decided they would eat lunch on the deck. She carried out a tray with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, baby carrots, grapes, a cup of juice for Libby and a bottled water for herself, and put them on the picnic table. “There,” she said. “We won’t even need forks or spoons, and

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  • Our Words Matter: Writing in the Age of Communication

    Our Words Matter: Writing in the Age of Communication0

    In the fall the war was always there, but we did not go to it any more. It was cold in the fall in Milan and the dark came very early. Then the electric lights came on, and it was pleasant along the streets looking in the windows. There was much game hanging outside the

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  • Our Unrelenting Obsession with Race and Gender

    Our Unrelenting Obsession with Race and Gender0

    Though I generally enjoy my solitary days, living alone as the caretaker for my daughter’s four-bedroom house is not always idyllic. In addition to my own work, I keep the yard shaped up, maintain the house in reasonably good order, and prepare my meals. I try to eat healthy foods but take little pleasure in

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  • Our Universe: Chaos, or Cosmos?

    Our Universe: Chaos, or Cosmos?0

    Is the universe a meaningless collection of lifeless matter? We live on a small planet in an out-of-the-way corner of an insignificant galaxy, and though our lives might feel real and important, is that just a delusion? After all, the only thing that’s really going on is that atoms are randomly careening off of one

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  • Our So-Called ‘Tolerant’ Society Is Actually Very Dogmatic

    Our So-Called ‘Tolerant’ Society Is Actually Very Dogmatic0

    The Book of Daniel tells us that the three Jewish youths in Babylon were cast into a “white-hot furnace” for not falling down and worshipping the king’s golden statue. Thousands of early Christians were reportedly martyred for refusing to deny Christ and affirm the divinity of the Roman emperor. Of course, this kind of thing

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  • Our Problem Is American Apophenia

    Our Problem Is American Apophenia0

    A reader of my articles sent me the following two words along with the cryptic suggestion that, given our times and my sensibilities, I might make use of them in a column. Having no idea at all what either word meant, I looked them up online and unearthed these definitions: Apophenia (/æpoʊˈfiːniə/) is the tendency to mistakenly

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