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  • The Art of Beautification: The Graces of Ordinary Life

    The Art of Beautification: The Graces of Ordinary Life0

    The beautification of life, the highest “household art” of making people happy and places pretty, also encompasses the adornment of the soul. Because life is more than work, economics, and money, the life of the heart and spirit need constant replenishment… What do decorating a room, wearing tasteful clothes, expressing cheerfulness, offering friendship, enjoying Mayday,

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  • Elon Musk and the Excessive Adoration of Technology Visionaries

    Elon Musk and the Excessive Adoration of Technology Visionaries0

    Elon Musk is one of the most admired men in America. He founded Tesla, SpaceX, and numerous other entrepreneurial ventures that have captured the public’s hearts and imaginations. Who wouldn’t get excited about spaceships and the possibility of colonizing Mars?  But people look to Musk for far more than just his technological vision. The internet

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  • What Part of ‘Brexit Now’ Does Theresa May Not Understand?

    What Part of ‘Brexit Now’ Does Theresa May Not Understand?0

    • July 18, 2018

    Many people regard Magna Carta as the first constitutional guarantee of the basic liberties of the English-speaking world. Fewer people know that Magna Carta wasn’t imposed on King John just because he abused his power (which, after all, has been true of most kings and governments throughout history) but because he had handed away the

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  • Citizenship No Longer Required to Vote in School Board Elections in San Francisco

    Citizenship No Longer Required to Vote in School Board Elections in San Francisco0

    Noncitizens can vote in San Francisco’s Board of Education elections after the city’s Department of Elections ruled Monday to do away with citizenship requirements. Noncitizens seeking to vote in San Francisco’s Board of Education elections must be at least 18 years old and residents of the city, CBS SF Bay Area reported Monday. They must also

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  • Genetically Modified Babies? The Future Is Now

    Genetically Modified Babies? The Future Is Now0

    Designer babies are looking more and more like a reality whose time is imminent. Piggybacking on recent research which allows scientists “to rewrite the DNA bound up in living cells,” an ethics panel in the U.K. just released a report which suggests this maneuvering of genetics is “morally permissible.” The announcement does not come without

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  • James Monroe is the Latest Victim of the PC Culture

    James Monroe is the Latest Victim of the PC Culture0

    In the latest move in what Politico has dubbed the “Nomenclature Wars,” a St. Paul school is considering scrubbing its namesake, President James Monroe, due to his slave-owning past. Matching similar trends around the country, this change is motivated by concern that the school name might not reflect the values of the community. In a

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