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  • Who Wrote This Medieval Literary Classic?

    Who Wrote This Medieval Literary Classic?0

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  • The Hippocratic Oath doesn’t say ‘First, Do No Harm’

    The Hippocratic Oath doesn’t say ‘First, Do No Harm’2

    The Greek physician Hippocrates (460 – 370 BC) is considered the father of modern medicine in Western culture. It would be unusual to take an ethics class at a medical school in the United States and not here mention of the author of the Hippocratic Oath.   Many people believe the Hippocratic Oath begins with

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  • That Alexander Hamilton Had One Messed Up Childhood

    That Alexander Hamilton Had One Messed Up Childhood1

    Interest in Alexander Hamilton, the man commonly dubbed America’s “most brilliant” Founding Father, has spiked following the success of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway “>musical: Hamilton. While I’ve yet to see the musical, I have read the book that inspired Miranda’s work: Ron Chernow’s stunning biography, Alexander Hamilton. It is perhaps the single best biography I’ve read,

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  • Parricide Was Not Treated Kindly in Ancient Rome

    Parricide Was Not Treated Kindly in Ancient Rome0

    Rome was the cultural epicenter of the ancient world. It was renowned for its law and order, piety, engineering, and fine art. But it was still a terribly brutal civilization by modern standards. In the mid-5th century BC, Rome established its first legal code, the Twelve Tables. Oddly, the code was silent on the subject

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  • Kids Today Need More (Not Less) Responsibility

    Kids Today Need More (Not Less) Responsibility1

    My wife and I are among the only 28% of parents today who make their children do chores. And, like many children when forced to do undesirable work, ours do their fair share of complaining and dawdling. In these moments, the reminder we frequently give them is this: “It’s not your job to play.” Perhaps

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  • Eerie: Rome’s ‘Chief Exorcist’ Dishes on Exorcisms

    Eerie: Rome’s ‘Chief Exorcist’ Dishes on Exorcisms0

    • July 15, 2016

    Even in today’s more secular society—or perhaps because we live in a secular society—the Catholic rite of exorcism still manages to attract a good amount of intrigue and curiosity. Witness, for instance, the success of the movie The Exorcist (1973), which was one of the most profitable horror movies of all time. Catholic priest Fr.

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