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  • Addiction: Are We All Wrong About Its Causes?

    Addiction: Are We All Wrong About Its Causes?0

    • November 8, 2017

    There is a commercial familiar to anyone who grew up in the 1980s. It involves a white rat in a cage furiously attacking a pill. “Only one drug is so addictive nine out of ten laboratory rats will use it … and use it … and use it,” a raspy voice murmurs, “until dead.” The

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  • Why Socialists Are More Materialistic Than Capitalists

    Why Socialists Are More Materialistic Than Capitalists0

    • November 7, 2017

    In his 1993 book The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, the late Christian philosopher Michael Novak wrote that certain cultures are more likely to favor capitalism. Among them were the following: Confucian, Jewish, Protestant, and Northern European Catholic. These cultures, Novak argued, possessed certain commonalities that made them more likely to engage in

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  • Why G.K. Chesterton Believed America Was ‘Exceptional’

    Why G.K. Chesterton Believed America Was ‘Exceptional’0

    • November 7, 2017

    In recent years there has been much talk about American exceptionalism. Does it—or does it not—exist? Are we truly a unique people—or are we not? Well before all this talk, G.K. Chesterton weighed in on the side of the American exceptionalists. The United States, he wrote, was the only nation “with the soul of a

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  • Not just about sex: throughout our bodies, thousands of genes act differently in men and women

    Not just about sex: throughout our bodies, thousands of genes act differently in men and women0

    • November 7, 2017

    Most of us are familiar with the genetic differences between men and women. Men have X and Y sex chromosomes, and women have two X chromosomes. We know that genes on these chromosomes may act differently in men and women. But a recent paper claims that beyond just genes on X and Y, a full

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  • Millennial Women Are Ditching the Pill. Here’s Why.

    Millennial Women Are Ditching the Pill. Here’s Why.0

    • November 7, 2017

    In recent days, there has been a fair amount of brouhaha regarding the contraception mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act. While the Obama administration insisted that businesses must offer insurance coverage for contraceptives – even if the business was morally opposed to the idea – the Trump administration reversed this course of action. The

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  • Jordan Peterson’s Simple Advice for High School Students

    Jordan Peterson’s Simple Advice for High School Students1

    • November 7, 2017

    In a recent article for The New York Times, columnist Malcom Harris notes that “November begins the official college application season.” As Harris goes on to explain, this application season is simply the culmination of a long and arduous competition which begins many years before graduation. This competition, he says, plays out in sports, in

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