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  • Why Are People Ripping Down Israeli Hostage Posters?

    Why Are People Ripping Down Israeli Hostage Posters?1

    Of the many troubling protests seen since the Hamas pogrom of October 7, surely among the most callous are those involving pro-Palestine activists ripping down posters of Israeli hostages. Some 235 Israelis were taken captive by Hamas terrorists, according to the American Jewish Committee. To date, only four abductees have been released. Of course, this

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  • Is Halloween a Christian Holiday?

    Is Halloween a Christian Holiday?4

    Conventional wisdom holds that Halloween is essentially a secular and pagan holiday, the result of the Christian Church appropriating an ancient Celtic harvest festival. But one strain of critical opinion tends to the view that the holiday was thoroughly Christian from the start. In the church calendar, Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve) is the beginning of

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  • Canada, Where Euthanasia Is Cheaper Than Health Care

    Canada, Where Euthanasia Is Cheaper Than Health Care1

    I recently wrote about Canada’s euthanasia regime, which is set to expand in March 2024 when people with no more than a mental illness or a drug addiction will be given access to assisted suicide. Tragically, since bans on the practice were lifted in 2016, over 30,000 Canadians have been euthanized—a number that is sure

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  • The Tyranny of Equality in Education

    The Tyranny of Equality in Education5

    It’s growing increasingly clear that America’s students aren’t the little geniuses we’ve always thought them to be. School after school in states across the country produce abysmally poor results. In fact, many schools are lucky if their students achieve more than 50% proficiency in the basics of reading, math, and science. Such a scenario calls

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  • With Euthanasia Soon Available for Drug Addicts, What Is the Value of Life in Canada?

    With Euthanasia Soon Available for Drug Addicts, What Is the Value of Life in Canada?1

    In 2021, more than 10,000 Canadians were euthanized—a tenfold increase from 2016 when the practice was first legalized. Assisted suicide was originally adopted in Canada as a solution for people facing “intolerable suffering” from “a grievous and irremediable medical condition” with a “reasonably foreseeable” death. Soon after, euthanasia was made available for people whose deaths

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  • Teaching Children to Self-Entertain

    Teaching Children to Self-Entertain2

    Teaching children to self-entertain is key to traditional parenting. While I totally understand the desire to occasionally use technology and screens as “babysitters,” shouldn’t parents aim to instill more sustainable and healthier alternatives? In comes teaching children to self-entertain! Essentially, self-entertainment means kids keeping themselves appropriately occupied while a parent’s attention is elsewhere. As much

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