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  • Public Shootings and Narcissism

    Public Shootings and Narcissism0

    • August 26, 2015

    This morning, a Virginia news reporter and cameraman were tragically shot dead on live TV by a gunman dressed in black.  Now, news comes out from Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe that the shooter is most likely “a disgruntled employee of the station.” This means that the attack was probably timed to take place on live

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  • “Shut Up, Bigot!”: The Intolerance of Tolerance

    “Shut Up, Bigot!”: The Intolerance of Tolerance0

    • August 26, 2015

    America is in the midst of a raging national debate on issues surrounding sexuality and gender. If you dare to suggest that gender is determined by sex and is immutable, that same-sex sex acts are immoral, or that marriage is a permanent, exclusive union of husband and wife, then you will be called an intolerant

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  • The Great Difficulty That Faces Us

    The Great Difficulty That Faces Us0

    • August 26, 2015

    From Christopher Dawson’s The Judgment of the Nations (1942): “As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. The subordination of morals to politics, the reign of terror and the technique of propaganda and psychological aggression can be

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  • Illiteracy is Costing America Billions

    Illiteracy is Costing America Billions0

    • August 26, 2015

    A few months ago, there was a bit of hubbub when Minneapolis knocked off Washington, D.C., for the top spot in the “Most Literate City in America” study. Produced each year by Dr. Jack Miller of Central Connecticut State University, the study draws on the number of book stores, libraries, education levels, and other factors

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  • The Dangers of Pot Stirring

    The Dangers of Pot Stirring0

    • August 26, 2015

    Regarding Vester Lee Flanagan, the man who shot Alison Parker, Adam Ward, and Vicki Gardner during a live news feed, The Daily Beast reports: “Vester Lee Flanagan faxed a 23-page suicide note to ABC News after he killed two Roanoke, Virginia, journalists at approximately 7 a.m. Wednesday. At 8:26 a.m., ABC News reports it recieved

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  • The Twists of History

    The Twists of History0

    • August 26, 2015

    When it comes to foreign policy, one of the big discussions these days is over the potential agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear facilities. In history, such grand goals of peace have not always gone the way intended. Obviously, the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, which formally ended World War I after the Armistice of

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