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  • Mechanizing and Destroying

    Mechanizing and Destroying0

    • September 2, 2015

    Over at First Things, Peter J. Leithart writes about the rise of industrialism and the death of masculinity. He uses Philipp Blom’s books Fracture and The Vertigo Years as the core for his discussion. For 21st century man, we have grown up in a world of industrialism and ever-increasing technology. We don’t know anything different

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  • Meat-eating Made Homo Sapiens Brainy and Brawny

    Meat-eating Made Homo Sapiens Brainy and Brawny0

    While it may well be that veganism is “no longer relegated to the fringes of society where for so long it was mocked for being ‘weird’ or ‘extreme’,” it still seems a stretch to say, as a Forbes article did a year ago, that “veganism is going mainstream” and “vegan living is starting to become the norm.”

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  • Meat Eaters Beware: The (Es)Steak Tax is Coming

    Meat Eaters Beware: The (Es)Steak Tax is Coming0

    • November 15, 2018

    Some economists want to make it more expensive for the less well-off to enjoy a clear revealed pleasure: eating red and processed meat. The average household in the poorest fifth of the income distribution dedicates 1.3 percent of spending towards it. That’s over double average household spending in the richest quintile. Yet meat is now a new “public

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  • Meant for Evil, Used for Good

    Meant for Evil, Used for Good4

    Have you ever had a “Joseph moment”? I had one the other day. By Joseph, I’m referencing the biblical character—Abraham’s great-grandson—who was the second youngest of 12 brothers. Although favored by his father, he was hated by his brothers, who soon sold him as a slave to Egypt. (What a great family, huh?) While in

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  • Mean Girl Media Strikes Again

    Mean Girl Media Strikes Again0

    The media spinning narratives against a Republican presidential administration, particularly one led by Donald Trump, is nothing new. But the recent controversial article in Vanity Fair did more than just operate the typical ploy to paint a picture of chaos and rancor among the Trump cabinet. The article’s photographer, Christopher Anderson, visually attacked the physical appearance of

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  • Me and the Dude Go Looking for My Leader

    Me and the Dude Go Looking for My Leader5

    Let’s have some fun just for a moment: Suppose you’re sitting on the deck overlooking your backyard, a cup of coffee in hand and the promise of a good day before you. It’s just after dawn, and the rising sun sheds its gentle glow over the yard and surrounding woods. You bask in contentment and

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