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Euthanasia for Depression: A Bad Idea?0
- Culture
- February 15, 2016
A few weeks ago I posted and asked questions about a significant rise in the reported number of cases of euthanasia in Belgium. This week, a new paper published in the peer-review journal JAMA Psychiatry reports the results of a study of some Dutch patients who, suffering primarily from mental illness rather than terminal physical illness,
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Antonin Scalia, RIP0
- Politics
- February 15, 2016
Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative whom even the soi-disant socialist Bernie Sanders has called “brilliant” and “colorful,” died on Saturday in Arizona. Whether writing for the majority or in dissent, Scalia usually elicited strong reactions. It appears that is no different in death than in life. Thus, the Twitter storm among some on the Left
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3 Reasons Why Antonin Scalia Was a Great Writer0
- Culture
- February 15, 2016
Following the news of Antonin Scalia’s unexpected death on Saturday, Slate Magazine ran an article by Yury Kapgan about the Supreme Court Justice’s superb writing abilities. According to Kapgan, Scalia’s writing was made great by “the novelty of his language, his use of metaphor, and his wicked sense of humor.” Kapgan is undoubtedly correct about
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Words of wisdom from Russia?0
- History
- February 12, 2016
From Reuters we learn: “Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev raised the specter of an interminable or a world war if powers failed to negotiate an end to the conflict in Syria and warned against any ground operations by U.S. and Arab forces. Medvedev, speaking to Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper on the eve of talks between major
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Why the Culture Wars Are Philosophy Wars0
- Culture
- February 12, 2016
If you watched the Super Bowl you probably saw, and may even have noticed, the Doritos commercial. It contains a pregnant woman’s ultrasound image of her unborn child. The use of that image provoked a tweet of outrage from NARAL Pro-Choice America: Now you might call humanizing human fetuses an “anti-choice tactic,” but as an
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Study: Americans Desire a Long Life, But Many Don’t Want to Work for It0
- Culture
- February 12, 2016
In a literal “eat your cake and have it, too” situation, Americans want to live a long time, but are not doing the legwork to make that happen. The Stanford Center for Longevity and Time conducted a survey of 2,330 American adults and found that 77% wanted to live to be 100. Another third of
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One of Putin’s Favorite Authors on the ‘Antichrist’1
- Politics
- February 12, 2016
It is well-known that the Christian Bible prophesies the rise of a false messiah at the end of history known as the “Antichrist.” The prophecy has given rise to many speculations about the character of this Antichrist, speculations which have captured the interest of both believers and non-believers. One of the more famous speculations is
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How Financial Knowledge was Taught in 18890
- Economics
- February 12, 2016
On November 22, 1889, Gertrude Jones of Tennyson, Indiana penciled her name into her copy of Complete Arithmetic, a math curriculum book in use at the time. In 2016, the book is now in my possession. It smells delightful, if you’re into old books. Below is Gertrude’s lovely cursive: Complete Arithmetic’s introduction describes the use
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College Students Love Civic Engagement, But Hate Free Speech0
- Education
- February 12, 2016
If you want to know where the United States will be in a generation, a look at the attitudes and ideas of today’s college freshmen might give some insight. Yesterday, the Higher Education Research Institute released their annual freshman survey. According to the Washington Post, one of the most interesting things found in the survey
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