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‘Hands up, don’t shoot’: A biggest lie of 2015 0
- Culture
- December 16, 2015
The Washington Post has published its annual list of the “biggest Pinocchios of the year” for 2015. The list is almost entirely composed of politicians of all stripes telling whoppers. No surprise there. What was surprising was the inclusion of the phrase “Hands up, don’t shoot” which was spawned after Michael Brown of Ferguson, MO
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Yikes! One-Third of Americans Can’t Name ANY First Amendment Rights 0
- Culture
- December 15, 2015
On December 15, 1791, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were ratified, giving Americans their famed Bill of Rights. Sadly, many Americans don’t even know the freedoms they are guaranteed in the first and most famous amendment. According to the 2015 State of the First Amendment survey: “When asked to name the five specific
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The Root of War 0
- Culture
- December 15, 2015
Samuel Eliot Morison was the Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History at Harvard when World War II broke out. He went to President Roosevelt and asked if there would be an opportunity to write the history of the war while the combatants were alive and before “the ships were broken up and the sailors had
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The Natural Condition of Humankind 0
- Culture
- December 15, 2015
In The Sword of Imagination, Russell Kirk has a beautiful line about the natural condition of man. It is a strong reminder that while our civilization seems strong and our freedoms are cherished, they must always be nourished and cultivated in each generation. Here’s the line: “Order, justice, and freedom are garden plants; the natural
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One sentence that explains Trump’s popularity 0
- Culture
- December 15, 2015
Mass human psychology plays a major role in determining who gets elected in this country of ours. That psychology, though, varies wildly depending on current events. Some men benefit from the times and some men are destroyed by the times. Would George Washington be electable today? Would Lincoln have succeeded at any other time than
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Most Americans Say Christmas Should Be Celebrated in Public Schools 0
- Culture
- December 15, 2015
Every year it seems there is some new “War on Christmas” incident in the schools. One of the most recent examples occurred in a New York public school: “New principal Eujin Jaela Kim has given PS 169 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a politically correct scrub-down, to the dismay of teachers and parents. ‘We definitely can’t
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Mike Rowe’s Angry Response to Bernie Sanders Goes Viral 0
- Education
- December 15, 2015
Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs fame is not a big fan of pushing everyone toward college and the student loan debt that comes with it. On Facebook yesterday, he posted some harsh words on this topic in response to a December 13 Bernie Sanders tweet. His post went viral. First, here is what Sanders tweeted:
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Harvard Study: 4 Characteristics of Coworkers Who Actually Suck 0
- Culture
- December 15, 2015
Recent surveys have shown that 70% of Americans hate their jobs. In many cases, this hate is caused or fueled by having to work with some pretty contemptible people. These individuals can make life miserable for their coworkers, and often end up hurting the company, too. I assume that most of you could quickly rattle
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Can We Have a Discussion about Lying If We Don’t Agree about Truth?0
- Culture
- December 15, 2015
An article in the New York Times opinion section has invited a discussion on lying. Gerald Dworkin, the author, alleges that while most of us condemn lying, we also all lie to each other regularly. So, he argues, there is not actually an absolute societal prohibition on lying, but rather lying in certain circumstances:
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