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Do Animals go to Heaven? C.S. Lewis’ Answer Might Surprise You 2
- Literature
- April 6, 2016
A few nights ago, my four-year-old daughter asked me if animals go to heaven. She is a rather philosophical little creature, but I’m guessing her question was motivated primarily by her recent viewing of All Dogs Go to Heaven at her cousins’ home over Easter weekend. Unprepared, I quickly replied that they do, if you
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Who is Assata Shakur?0
- Culture
- April 6, 2016
During the recent Chicago teachers strike, a controversy broke out between the Chicago police and the Chicago Teachers Union after a teacher rose to the rally podium and gave a “profanity-laced tirade”, which included “F-ck the Police!” Here’s the video: The Chicago Sun Times is reporting that the Fraternal Order of Police is
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Is ‘Stuff’ Paralyzing Today’s Children?0
- Culture
- April 5, 2016
I’m thinking of getting rid of most of my kids’ toys. I’m simply tired of the messes. I thought at first that we just needed to teach our kids more discipline; that in addition to our thorough weekly clean we needed to be more rigid about overseeing morning and evening cleans. But ain’t nobody got
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How a Man Can Tell if a Woman Loves Him, According to Sir Walter Raleigh 0
- Culture
- April 5, 2016
Not long ago, I overheard a middle-aged male mention his obliviousness in college to how many girls were probably interested in him. Contrary to what some may think, his comment wasn’t necessarily sexist or egotistical; it was simply an observation of how clueless men are to the signals women give that they are actually interested
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Profile in Courage? The last words of a Russian Commando 0
- International
- April 5, 2016
As the Intellectual Takeout piece, “A Primer on Courage,” noted: “Courage, also known as ‘fortitude’ or ‘bravery,’ is one of the four cardinal virtues along with prudence, justice, and temperance. Along with temperance, courage helps one to conquer the obstacles to doing the good with prudence and justice. According to Aristotle, one possesses the virtue
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Left and Right: Why Not Work Together on Poverty?0
- Culture
- April 5, 2016
A tiresome false dichotomy bedevils political debate about the causes of poverty among the able-bodied. The Left says that such poverty is caused by the greedy capitalists who won’t give the poor enough opportunities to earn or receive money. The Right says it’s caused the moral failures of the “takers”, i.e. sloth, crime, addiction, and
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