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Why It’s So Important That Our Beliefs About Reality Are Accurate0
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- September 9, 2026
Often the most difficult questions to actually answer are the simplest ones to ask. We can easily answer the question, “What is a hammer?” by simply referring to the materials, the shape, and the purpose of the hammer. It gets slightly more difficult, however, when asking a question like, “What is justice?” or “What is
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Why It’s Okay That the Constitution Isn’t Perfect0
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- July 9, 2018
In the current political climate, it’s not that unusual to hear the American Constitution maligned. Despite this fact, I was still surprised to hear the Constitution referred to in an article as a “janky” and “antiquated” document which is “falling apart before our very eyes.” No one would assert that the Constitution is perfect. Not even the founders
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Why It’s Good That ‘Reading Is Going to the Dogs’0
If going to an animal shelter, a nursing home, or a daycare makes strong readers and consequently, strong learners, then I’m all for it.
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Why it’s Easier to Create an Extremist Group in Iraq than a Moderate One0
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- January 16, 2017
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 Shame0
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- February 23, 2016
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 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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