Most of us have had the experience of being with a bad listener. There’s the person who looks at his phone while you speak and periodically nods his head and mutters “Mmm Hmm.” There’s the one who stares blankly at you with a mix of boredom and resentment, just praying that you will soon stop
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Ben Franklin once famously said, “Honesty is the best policy.” A California man recently discovered the truth of that statement. According to CBS Sacramento, Mike Vegas had several items from Domino’s Pizza delivered to his house the other day. When he went back to eat the leftovers, he discovered he had received a bonus. A
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A passage from Alexis de Tocqueville’s 1835 classic Democracy in America. It’s from chapter 6 entitled “What Sort Of Despotism Democratic Nations Have To Fear”: “I seek to trace the novel features under which despotism may appear in the world. The first thing that strikes the observation is an innumerable multitude of men all equal and alike,
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I’ve been told that the video about a rat dragging a pizza is trending in the news. I’m sure it’s good clickbait material, which we might even benefit from, too. But at least we’re being honest. USA Today, “the nation’s newspaper”, got in on it: ABC News joined in, too: Where would we be without knowing that
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There is a lot of talk about the government needing to help single parents or to take care of children. In some cases, charity is absolutely necessary. But is it possible that we overemphasize the need of government, particularly the federal government, to help? In so doing, do we forget the natural and just duties
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The New York Times and other media outlets are reporting on a disturbing story about Afghan allies raping boys, even on American bases, and American soldiers being punished for speaking out against the practice. Here’s a revolting bit of the story: “‘At night we can hear them screaming, but we’re not allowed to do anything
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