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  • Why Rachel Dolezal Doesn’t Matter, But Should

    Why Rachel Dolezal Doesn’t Matter, But Should0

    Many of those against the transgender lobby LOVE the Rachel Dolezal case. In case you don’t remember, Dolezal was the Spokane (WA) NAACP president whose parents outed her last summer for having been born white. Yesterday, Dolezal was back in the news for finally admitting, in an interview, that she “was biologically born white, to

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  • What Life is Like in a Relativist Society

    What Life is Like in a Relativist Society0

    • November 3, 2015

    So, morality is all a matter of personal preference. There is no way to have a rational argument between competing moral claims, or about whose vision of life is more correct. All we can do is agree to disagree, or try to force other people to agree with us through non-rational means.   At least,

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  • Tradition! “Fiddler on the Roof” Gets it Wrong

    Tradition! “Fiddler on the Roof” Gets it Wrong0

    It is hard not to have seen the 1971 film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof or a stage performance of the play. It is a staple in high school drama clubs across the United States and the world. Many communities have a local playhouse that has at one time or another put on a

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  • Stop Blaming Poverty for Educational Problems

    Stop Blaming Poverty for Educational Problems0

    Last week the news hit that U.S. student scores in math and reading had dropped. In stark terms, this news tells us that only 40% or less of American 4th and 8th grade students are proficient in math and reading. These poor results are excused by a number of issues, poverty being the most prevalent.

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  • 15 Thoughts from the Father of Modern Propaganda

    15 Thoughts from the Father of Modern Propaganda0

    Fascinatingly, the term propaganda has roots in the Catholic Church’s missionary work and push-back against the Protestant Reformation. Mark Crispin Miller, professor of media studies at New York University, describes the development of the word propaganda as follows: “The word had been coined in 1622, when Pope Gregory XV, frightened by the global spread of

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  • 14 Nuggets of Wisdom from Wendell Berry

    14 Nuggets of Wisdom from Wendell Berry0

      Wendell Berry (b. 1934) combines knowledge and experience better than most intellectuals, having divided his time between writing and farming for much of his life. He is the author of more than 40 books of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, including such notable ones as The Unsettling of America and Hannah Coulter. He is known

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  • 10 Tips for Being a Better Conversationalist

    10 Tips for Being a Better Conversationalist0

    With the rise of cell phones, email, and text messaging, face-to-face conversational skills have declined. We know that digital communication is most likely here to stay. Yet, at the same time, many recognize that there is still an irreplaceable value to face-to-face conversation. So, how can we revive the art of conversation? The following 10

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  • War of the Worlds: How the Media “Creates” News

    War of the Worlds: How the Media “Creates” News0

    Last Friday marked the anniversary of Orson Welles’ famous radio play War of the Worlds, which used news bulletins to tell of an alien invasion on American soil. Like many Americans, I first heard this story as a little girl and was fascinated by the mass hysteria which supposedly broke out across the country when

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  • The Homogenization of America

    The Homogenization of America0

    On a trip to Oklahoma I arrived at the airport and was taken to a suburban retail area for a meal. Suddenly it occurred to me that I could very well have been back in any part of the United States. Wherever I go in the USA I find the same retail developments with the

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