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Marvel Kills Bruce Banner, Retires Tony Stark in Diversity Purge 0
- Culture
- July 13, 2016
Say goodbye to Bruce Banner and Tony Stark, comic book fans. The iconic characters were replaced with a more diverse cast this month. News of Bruce Banner’s demise broke Wednesday. The Hollywood Reporter has the story: Marvel Entertainment’s summer comic book storyline Civil War II has claimed the life of another hero — and it’s
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The strange history of ‘Mein Kampf’ in France 0
- History
- July 12, 2016
Seventy years after the death of Adolf Hitler, “Mein Kampf” is in the public domain and free to be republished. The history of its English version is relatively well-known, thanks to historians James and Patience Barnes. Its history in French is not. While French journalist Antoine Vitkine wrote a 2009 global history of “Mein Kampf”
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Modern America Through Edmund Burke’s Eyes 0
- History
- July 12, 2016
As those serious about influencing the nation on both sides of the aisle understand, winning in politics first requires winning the culture. Doing so necessitates both a keen eye for recognizing cultural trends and the creative foresight to envision how best to guide a culture back to true principles by which a people can safely
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Frightening: This Description of the Decline of Rome sounds like America 0
- Economics
- July 12, 2016
The date traditionally assigned to the Fall of the Roman Empire is 476 A.D., when Odoacer marched on Rome and deposed the last emperor. But Rome’s internal decline began long before then. As Will Durant famously said, “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within.” In his 1899 classic
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‘Diversity and Inclusion’ Statements Required on Campus 0
- Culture
- July 12, 2016
Last month, the University of Cincinnati issued a statement notifying the public that the school “will request a Diversity and Inclusion statement of all applicants for faculty and staff positions.” The policy went into effect on July 1, the release said. It includes the following specifics: Faculty and administrative/professional applicants will be asked to submit
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Have Parents Forgotten to Teach the Magic Words?0
- Culture
- July 12, 2016
It’s sometimes amazing how much one can learn about society from places such as Reddit and Imgur. A prime example of this occurred a few days ago when an Imgur user posted a picture of a sign found outside of a Virginia coffee shop. Instead of listing one flat price for a cup of coffee,
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Marvel Kills Bruce Banner, Retires Tony Stark in Diversity Purge 0