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Surprised (and Saddened) by Joy 0
- History
- July 18, 2016
Out of My Bone: The Letters of Joy Davidman, ed. by Don W. King (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009) I’ve spent the better part of my career as a historian and a writer, reading personal letters, memoirs, and autobiographies. I count it among one of the greatest pleasures in this life to be able to
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Yale Dean in 1949: Stop Worrying About Security So Much 0
- Education
- July 18, 2016
Recently, while reading an old book about a young man’s adventures at Yale, I came across a speech delivered by the dean of that school, who was speaking to the graduating class of 1949. Periodicals at the time apparently suggested that the graduating class had indicated it was “primarily interested in seeking security,” and the
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Are Churches to Blame for Today’s Political Candidates?0
- Culture
- July 18, 2016
Last week Pew Research came out with a new survey on the relationship between religion and politics. Ahead of the election, it’s particularly interesting to note the level of influence Americans believe churches should have in politics. Nearly two out of three Americans are solidly against churches endorsing a certain candidate. However, fewer Americans than
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Sword Hunt: Why an ancient ruler confiscated all swords in Japan 0
- History
- July 18, 2016
The question of who is allowed to have weapons (and what kind) might seem, to some, like a relatively modern phenomenon. It’s not. Marx and Engels posited that history is primarily a struggle of class, with one class of people (the Bourgeois) seeking to dominate another class (the Proletariat). The people, of course, “do
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What is Distributism?0
- Culture
- July 18, 2016
Distributism is the name given to a socio-economic and political creed originally associated with G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc. Chesterton bowed to Belloc’s preeminence as a disseminator of the ideas of distributism, declaring Belloc the master in relation to whom he was merely a disciple. “You were the founder and father of this mission,’”Chesterton
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The Hippocratic Oath doesn’t say ‘First, Do No Harm’2
- Education
- July 15, 2016
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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