Dear Trump Voters, Let’s start with the basics. What exactly do you mean when you told me during the campaign that you want to ‘make America great again’? The slogan your candidate was elected on states outright that there was a time when America was great, that now America is not great, and that your
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Years ago, I was privy to an instance where a young, middle school girl was encouraged to join the swim team at her local neighborhood school. There was only one problem. The girl was homeschooled, a status which made her automatically ineligible to join the team and participate in the sport. But times have changed,
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ESPN host Sage Steele created a bit of a stir recently when she claimed the worst racism she has personally experienced has come from black folks. Steele made the claim on Feb. 16 during a discussion on race for the “Under Our Skin” forum held in Tampa, Fla., at The Crossing Church. Here’s what she
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In an interview with ABC News last July, then-candidate Donald Trump said: “You know the people of Crimea, from what I’ve heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were.” Sounds about right: the ethnic split in Crimea is more than 65 percent Russian versus 15 percent Ukrainian. The results of a poll by
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There is a worldview emerging that suggests human destiny is preordained. Free will is dead, declared The Atlantic last summer, since “…all human behavior can be explained through the clockwork laws of cause and effect.” Humans are mere amoebae. In this Neo-Predestination philosophy, we’re bound not by Providence or Fate, but our brain chemistry and macro
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Should welfare recipients be able to buy unhealthy foods like soda and sweets on the government’s dime? That question was debated last week by lawmakers on Capitol Hill. According to CBS News: “Debate about how food-stamp benefits are spent was sparked by a November report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which found that households
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