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You Can’t Have Social Justice without Free Speech0
- Culture
- March 17, 2016
Cases of college students demanding restrictions on free expression are making the news on a weekly basis. While much criticism has been directed at student calls for “trigger warnings,” “safe spaces,” and the “right not to be offended,” less has been said about the impetus behind this advocacy. If we assume the best of those
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Teacher: Making Things Fosters Entrepreneurial Thinking in Children0
- Culture
- March 17, 2016
Several days ago, we mentioned 1916 author William Stout, who advocated for young boys to build and create toys on their own. Stout believed that the ability to create and make things gets boys thinking, and fosters the ideas which can eventually spur the growth of the country. Although written a century ago, Stout’s reasoning
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St. Patrick didn’t Drive Out the Snakes0
- Culture
- March 17, 2016
A common myth that has persisted for 1,500 years is that St. Patrick drove out the snakes of Ireland. That is simply not the case. He did do a great many of things, but that is not one of them. A Treasury of Irish Folklore (1967) sheds some light upon a possible reason for the
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Republican Establishment Fulfills Caricature of Itself0
- Culture
- March 17, 2016
Long has the Republican establishment been equated with out-of-touch, country-club types by the popular culture. While the base of the Republican party hardly comes close to such a demographic, a new clip from Showtimes “The Circus” might reveal that the popular caricature is more accurate than the establishment might want to meet. It also reveals,
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Feminist: Women Can’t Have It All0
- Culture
- March 17, 2016
If you really want to see a heated debate, don’t bother with politics. Find a “mommy blog” and look for a thread or post on working moms vs. stay-at-home moms. You can almost be guaranteed that the comments will be filled with some of the most vicious vitriol you’ve ever seen. Ever since women started
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Female Reporter Asks: “Is It Just Me, or Have Men Gotten Really Soft?”1
- Culture
- March 17, 2016
Last week, Tomi Lahren, a 23-year-old political commentator for The Blaze, ended her show by raising the following question: “Is it just me, or have men gotten really soft these days?” She goes on: “This has nothing to do with sexuality. It has to do with the helplessness of today’s young men. It seems few
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Don’t Expect Your Spouse to Make You ‘Happy’0
- Family
- March 17, 2016
When you make a commitment to marry someone, it shouldn’t be because you expect that person to make you ‘happy.’ Perhaps this sounds crazy. It seemingly runs counter to what much of our culture teaches us to hope for from marriage. But there it is. I have seen marriages break up for both a variety
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Did Anti-Trump Protesters Actually Help Trump?0
- Culture
- March 17, 2016
As we know now, Donald Trump dominated the Republican electoral competitions on March 15, taking Florida, Missouri, Illinois, and North Carolina. On Friday, March 11, the nation watched as a coalition of different Left-leaning groups descended upon a Trump rally in Chicago and effectively shut it down through disruptions and protests. The question going into
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Despite Appearances, These Are Great Times for Human Liberty0
- History
- March 17, 2016
Are you despairing of the presidential electoral trajectory? You are not alone. You are in the majority, one might even say the silent majority. A majority of voters in both major American political parties tell pollsters that they neither like nor trust the front runners for the nomination. This is true even in states where
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