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  • $3 Million Government Study Finds Link Between Excessive Drinking and Aggressive Nightclub Behavior

    $3 Million Government Study Finds Link Between Excessive Drinking and Aggressive Nightclub Behavior0

    Perhaps unaware of centuries of evidence that suggests some kind of connection between excessive alcohol consumption and aggressive behavior on the part of revelers, including its own, the U.S. government launched a series of studies to learn more in 2014. Since then, the cumulative tab for the ongoing studies into the behavior of alcohol-consuming nightclub

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  • Leonard Bernstein’s Search for Faith

    Leonard Bernstein’s Search for Faith0

    ”I’m no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes.” Thus did Leonard Bernstein famously conclude his Norton Lectures on the nature of music at Harvard University, 1973. This year we commemorate the 100th anniversary of Bernstein’s birth Aug. 25, a good time to unpack his statement.

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  • Does Political Correctness Erase Cultural Substance?

    Does Political Correctness Erase Cultural Substance?0

    • July 24, 2018

    Does it ever seem to you that a politically correct student can do no wrong? That question crossed my mind when I read about a recent incident at the University of Manchester. According to The Guardian, the University of Manchester recently refurbished its students’ union. Part of the décor involved a mural of the poem

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  • 101 Books Millennials Should Read Before They Die

    101 Books Millennials Should Read Before They Die0

    MercatorNet’s book list, “101 books Gen Ys must read before they die”, which we published in 2012, long before anyone had ever heard of Millennials, has become one of our most popular features. So here is a sequel for the next generation, selected according to the same criteria: the books have to be interesting, enriching

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  • What Living in a Single-Sex Dorm Has Taught Me About Men and Women

    What Living in a Single-Sex Dorm Has Taught Me About Men and Women0

    The college I attend is admittedly not your average college. We have no majors and no minors. We have no professors and no lectures, and I’ve not cracked open a textbook in the entire time I’ve been here. We don’t have many tests at all. (Don’t worry, we still learn—just not in the conventional way). Most

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  • 5 Things Muslims and Christians Can Agree On

    5 Things Muslims and Christians Can Agree On1

    At Acton University, Turkish Islamic scholar, Mustafa Akyol, gave multiple lectures on Islam, discussing topics ranging from its history to its controversial practices. Akyol has been speaking at Acton University for many years now and is a respected scholar in fields of Islam, politics, and Turkish affairs. He is a critic of Islamic extremism and the

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