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  • Do Not Get a PhD in the Liberal Arts, Unless…

    Do Not Get a PhD in the Liberal Arts, Unless…2

    I have a Ph.D. in Theology. I’m happy I have the Ph.D., and it’s been useful to me both in my thinking and writing. But would I have gone on for a Ph.D. knowing what I do now? Probably not. Recently, my friend Dave Deavel published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled “The

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  • What’s Really Behind the Multiverse Theory

    What’s Really Behind the Multiverse Theory0

    That there might be more than one universe, indeed infinitely many, seems at first to be more than a science-fiction fantasy. Respectable scientific cosmologists seriously posit and explore the hypothesis that there is a “multiverse.” But there’s good reason to believe that not all is as it seems. The piece I linked to above, which

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  • Why Thoughts and Prayers are Better than Righteous Anger

    Why Thoughts and Prayers are Better than Righteous Anger0

    It is fashionable to “prayer shame” those who offer “thoughts and prayers” as a response to violence. Public response to the gun violence at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is an example. If you did not deliver an angry diatribe against gun ownership, your failure to fall in line with the politically correct position is

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  • Five Reasons Why Being Kind Makes You Feel Good – According to Science

    Five Reasons Why Being Kind Makes You Feel Good – According to Science0

    Everybody can appreciate acts of kindness. But when it comes to explaining why we do them, people often take one of two extreme positions. Some think kindness is something completely selfless that we do out of love and care, while others believe it is just a tool that we cunningly use to become more popular

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  • Prominent Magazine Ranks America as a ‘Flawed Democracy’

    Prominent Magazine Ranks America as a ‘Flawed Democracy’0

    The Economist magazine recently issued a study purporting to compare countries on the basis of how democratic they are. The U.S. ended up ranked as a “flawed democracy.” In one sense this is absolutely true. As great as America is, it will always be flawed, as will any other country in which human beings run

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  • Newsflash: Teachers Are Already Armed

    Newsflash: Teachers Are Already Armed0

    In the wake of yet another mass shooting in a public school, a host of familiar recommendations have resurfaced about how to “prevent this from ever happening again.” Predictably, both conservatives and liberals are looking to the government for a solution. Americans have somehow arrived at a point where they cannot conceive of human action

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