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  • Why Lepanto Still Matters

    Why Lepanto Still Matters1

    In Iran this week, a young woman named Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee was sentenced to five years in prison. Her crime? She had “insulted Islamic sanctities.” Iranian authorities had ransacked her home, and inside they discovered an unpublished fictional story that apparently frowned on the ancient practice of stoning people to death. It appears Iraee will

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  • Why Language and Gender Aren’t Just ‘Social Constructs’

    Why Language and Gender Aren’t Just ‘Social Constructs’0

    Many in our culture are confused about the meaning of words. I’m not just talking here about what counts as ‘fake news’, or the typical contortions that politicians put on their own language to distort facts—though that in and of itself is something of a worrisome trend. But it’s growing increasingly common to hear people

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  • Why Knowing the Past is Important

    Why Knowing the Past is Important0

    There is a tendency in some quarters to dismiss the importance of history. In doing so, its role has been diminished in learning. To this truth, there can be no doubt. The most current data available from the National Assessment of Educational Progress’ (NAEP) The Nation’s Report Card, a gold standard of sorts when it

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  • Why Kirsten Dunst Appreciates Chivalry

    Why Kirsten Dunst Appreciates Chivalry0

    The best way to make headlines is to swim upstream against conventional wisdom. Increasingly, however, going against conventional wisdom seems to mean a return to traditional ideas. Such is the case with actress Kirsten Dunst. According to a recent interview in Net-A-Porter fashion magazine, Dunst isn’t necessarily on board with the “find-a-feminist-boyfriend” trend. Instead, Ms.

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  • Why Kim Witczak Became a Pharmaceutical Drug Safety Advocate

    Why Kim Witczak Became a Pharmaceutical Drug Safety Advocate0

    For 20 years, Kim Witczak has been a pharmaceutical drug safety advocate, though her profession is marketing. Her advocacy began when her husband died by suicide at 37 after he’d been prescribed Zoloft weeks before for insomnia. “I’m an accidental drug safety advocate,” she said. “Since my husband died by suicide in August 2003, it

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  • Why Kids Today Show Adults So Little Respect

    Why Kids Today Show Adults So Little Respect1

    In a recent article for The Washington Post, author Meredith Hale shares some rather humiliating experiences she recently endured at the hands of her daughter’s 8-year-old friends. The first was being ordered to eat an old, crusty fragment of bagel picked up from the floor. The second was being intentionally slapped in the rear. Hale

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