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The Moral Imagination of Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’0
- Culture
- August 2, 2017
Several nights ago, I reluctantly watched Disney’s 2017 live version of Beauty and the Beast. I must admit three things before I get into the heart of this essay. First, I’ve never been anti-Disney. I know many conservatives think Disney is the end of civilization, but I’ve never seen it that way. Like comic-book superheroes, Disney,
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Why it Was Moral for Trotsky to Kill the Tsar’s Children—But Immoral for Stalin to Kill His 0
- Economics
- August 2, 2017
Few today would disagree that we live in a morally confused age. Most of us have a sense of right and wrong. But if pressed to explain why we believe what we do, I suspect you’d encounter a great many blanks stares and incoherent responses. Much of this is attributable to the rise of emotivism,
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4 Reasons Colonists Rebelled Against Britain (Besides High Taxes)0
- History
- August 1, 2017
Americans today tend to look at the War of Independence in terms of patriotic slogans. “No Taxation without Representation!” “I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” “Give me liberty or give me death.” “Don’t Tread on Me!” Through this lens, the Revolutionary War was an inevitable conflict brought about
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5 Reasons Marxism Has Nothing to Offer Millennials 0
- Economics
- August 1, 2017
For millennials looking to shake off a dull weekend with a good economics or philosophy book, Marxism is one topic you might want to avoid. Anyone who has taken the time to read either Karl Marx or Friedrich Engels would, hopefully, realize just how lucky they are to live in a relatively free society. But
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Why Free Play is Disappearing in our Culture 0
- Culture
- August 1, 2017
Mammals are innately playful. Our large brains and complex social structures require that we learn vast amounts of information in childhood to help us thrive in adulthood. How do mammal children learn all of this? They play. But it’s not just any play. According to researchers, the most valuable play for normal human development is
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This Debate is About Gender Dysphoria, Not Transgender Military Service 0
- Culture
- August 1, 2017
As a transgender military veteran, an Army retiree and the first person in the United States to have their sex legally declared as non-binary, I have a vested interest in the outcome of the transgender military service ban. In the days when transgender military service was banned, I spent 18 years of torment fearing that
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The Moral Imagination of Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’0