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  • What is a Humanist Wedding and Why is it Becoming Popular?

    What is a Humanist Wedding and Why is it Becoming Popular?2

    According to Brides.com, the months from late spring to early fall are generally considered to be “wedding season.” My fellow Alcuin Fellows and I found that we each know roughly half a dozen or so couples that have gotten engaged in the past year, and have noticed the summer wedding trend. A wedding trend that

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  • Man Changes Gender to Lower Car Insurance Premiums, Saves $1,100 Annually

    Man Changes Gender to Lower Car Insurance Premiums, Saves $1,100 Annually0

    A man the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation identified as David–a pseudonym–is saving $91 every month on his car insurance. No, he didn’t switch to Geico. All it took was for David to identify as a woman on government forms. “I have taken advantage of a loophole,” said David, who reportedly is in his early 20s and

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  • Get Rid of College Majors? Not So Fast.

    Get Rid of College Majors? Not So Fast.0

    Should college majors be a thing of the past? That idea received a fresh airing when author Jeffrey Selingo suggested that it’s “time to end college majors as we know them.” As a researcher who studies higher education, I concede that something about the way colleges and universities educate students in the United States needs

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  • The Antidote to Our Toxic Discourse Is Not Political ‘Correctness’—It’s Civility and Reason

    The Antidote to Our Toxic Discourse Is Not Political ‘Correctness’—It’s Civility and Reason0

    Sticks and stones may break my bones, But words will never hurt me. We’ve all heard that childhood verse, but even a five-year-old puts the boot to that second line. Our words have power. They can wound or mend; they can separate or reconcile; they can cast others into the depths of hell or lift

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  • Children Are Now Being Euthanized in Belgium

    Children Are Now Being Euthanized in Belgium0

    Three minors have been euthanised in Belgium since euthanasia for children was legalised in 2014. According to the latest report from the government agency (PDF in French) which tracks euthanasia deaths, the children were 9, 11 and 17 years old. Two died in 2016 and 1 last year. Under the existing law, their request for death has to be

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  • How Generation Z Became America’s Most Intolerant Generation

    How Generation Z Became America’s Most Intolerant Generation2

      The post-millennials have arrived. As the oldest millennials turn 37, demographers have designated a new generation for those born after 1996, Generation Z. The oldest members of this cohort just graduated from college and had their first (legal) alcoholic beverages. As they wind their way through college, post-millennials will change higher education, just as previous generations

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