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What was behind Couric’s Editing Fudge on Gun Violence?0
- Culture
- June 1, 2016
Esteemed journalist Katie Couric was caught inserting an eight-second “beat” into a documentary film on gun violence in America. In the documentary film, titled Under the Gun, members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) were asked about the ability of convicted felons and people whose names appear on terrorist watch lists to purchase guns.
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How Books in the Home Impact Future Income 0
- Economics
- May 31, 2016
A study in the Royal Economic Society’s Economic Journal recently confirmed something we’ve long suspected: books in the home make a huge difference for children as they grow older. According to The Guardian, researchers looked at earnings and years of education when studying several thousand men in various European countries in the early to mid-1900s.
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America’s Most Embarrassing Spelling Errors 0
- Culture
- May 31, 2016
A fun Google Trends report went viral last week that revealed the top searched “how to spell” words in each state. Now, most of us would admit that there are a few simple words that give us a trouble. (Confession: I got the red squiggly line when I wrote this headline. I always want to
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Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?0
- Culture
- May 31, 2016
It’s frequently said that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. One can even find this statement in official documents of various Christian churches and denominations. For instance, in the Second Vatican Council document Nostra Aetate, the Roman Catholic Church writes: “The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living
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‘The Man Who Was Thursday’: Chesterton’s Beautiful Nightmare 0
- Literature
- May 31, 2016
The endlessly quotable G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was many things in his day: essayist, poet, radio broadcaster, art critic, and novelist. His most popular novel (and my personal favorite) was his novella The Man Who Was Thursday. The book involves rival poets (who serve as archetypes) as they encounter a ring of anarchists who are named
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Conservatives Once Condemned Dropping of Hiroshima Bomb 0
- Education
- May 31, 2016
President Obama’s speech at Hiroshima on May 27 has predictably sparked much controversy. Without parsing it all, I suggest that the key message so many dislike is this: “Hiroshima teaches this truth: Technological progress without an equivalent progress in human institutions can doom us. The scientific revolution that led to the splitting of an atom
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What was behind Couric’s Editing Fudge on Gun Violence?0