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  • Roots of Our Insecurities

    Roots of Our Insecurities0

    The news regularly alerts us to allegedly rising rates of depression and anxiety for modern Americans. What we don’t often see is a general discussion about what could cause those issues in a world in which everything is supposedly getting better. Think about it: our grocery stores are full, we have air conditioning and heat

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  • Is NYT Story on Trump’s Taxes a ‘Bombshell’?

    Is NYT Story on Trump’s Taxes a ‘Bombshell’?0

    The New York Times, which apparently broke the law by publishing some of Donald Trump’s 1995 tax return, overpaid a tax accountant. Here’s the relevant NYT statement in a news report by NYT reporters David Barstow, Susanne Craig, Russ Buettner, and Megan Twohey about Trump’s taxes: Tax experts hired by the Times to analyze Mr.

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  • Before Indiana Jones came Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron

    Before Indiana Jones came Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron0

    Before Indiana Jones and Lawrence of Arabia, came Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron. Born in 1731, Anquetil was the original Orientalist-adventurer: a European scholarly expert of Asian culture who also embodied bold, heroic action in the field. His speciality was the roots of ancient religions in Asia. He was the first European to translate the Avesta, a

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  • If ‘Hell’ Exists, What Does It Mean for God?

    If ‘Hell’ Exists, What Does It Mean for God?0

    I don’t like the Christian doctrine of Hell. I write this with a full awareness that the truth depends absolutely not at all on my personal preferences and sensibilities. What is, is, regardless of what I think or how I feel about it.  There are, of course, different interpretations of Hell. But unquestionably the most common

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  • 10 Things Alexander Hamilton Said He Wanted in a Wife

    10 Things Alexander Hamilton Said He Wanted in a Wife0

    In the spring of 1779, as war raged between the American Colonies and Great Britain, a 24-year-old Alexander Hamilton had women on the brain. Hamilton, a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army and chief-of-staff to Gen. George Washington, had considerable duties in a war that had entered its third year. Yet his personal letters make

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  • How Your Name Can Predict How You’ll Vote

    How Your Name Can Predict How You’ll Vote0

    I don’t know about you, but I’ve noticed a decided absence of political yard signs in my neighborhood this election season. Such an occurrence may be the result of general disinterest in the two main candidates… or maybe my neighbors have suddenly been bit by the Minnesota Nice bug, which requires people to keep their

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