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  • Why it’s Easier to Create an Extremist Group in Iraq than a Moderate One

    Why it’s Easier to Create an Extremist Group in Iraq than a Moderate One0

    I remember going to the first Iraqi elections with my dad in 2005. I went partly for the fun of it (I was too young to vote) and partly because I wanted to challenge Al Qaeda and their minions, neither of whom wanted the elections to happen in the first place. But most importantly, I

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  • Why It’s Bad for a Society to Do Away with Shame

    Why It’s Bad for a Society to Do Away with Shame0

    In recent years, popular culture has encouraged us to be or do anything we want to in the name of freedom. In fact, it has become acceptable and courageous to defy traditionally-held views of ethics, family, marriage, religion, and political action. But has this rush to stretch our wings, embrace freedom, and ditch shame actually

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  • Why It’s Almost Impossible to Rationally Argue with People Today

    Why It’s Almost Impossible to Rationally Argue with People Today0

    • October 21, 2015

    As a lot of us know, the most important issues today are the most difficult to have a rational argument about. It can be very frustrating. Philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre also recognizes this problem in chapter 2 of his justly famous work, After Virtue: “The most striking feature of contemporary moral utterance is that so much

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  • Why It’s Time to Treat the Hammer and Sickle Like the Swastika

    Why It’s Time to Treat the Hammer and Sickle Like the Swastika1

    If someone were to ask you to think of either extreme of the political spectrum, odds are you would immediately picture a swastika at one end, and a hammer and sickle at the other. Regardless of your views of the left-right paradigm, or whether you subscribe to horseshoe theory or not, we (rightfully) tend to

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  • Why It’s Time to Stop Mocking Sex Education that Teaches ‘Just Say No’

    Why It’s Time to Stop Mocking Sex Education that Teaches ‘Just Say No’0

    Sometime in the not too distant past a high school girl posted the following plea on a Viacom platform called A Thin Line, whose purpose was to get teenagers to share their digital dramas: ok this one guy my so called best friend keeps pressuring me to send him a nude picture when ever i can.

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  • Why It’s Time for a Different Teachers’ Union

    Why It’s Time for a Different Teachers’ Union0

    We need a radically different teachers’ union. The current model of a teachers’ union doesn’t fit the future educational landscape. Basically, the current model began with the industrial “labor and management are adversaries” model, giving laborers a collective voice in the face of the perpetual push to maximize profits. But schools and school systems aren’t

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