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  • C.S. Lewis on Fapping

    C.S. Lewis on Fapping0

    First Things recently reposted an article called “Escaping the Prison of the Self” that includes some insights from C.S. Lewis on the topic of masturbation. What’s interesting is that the excerpt includes no reference to the Bible or religion, but rather focuses on the actual psychology of the act. According to Wesley Hill, the excerpt

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  • Americans Don’t Even Know How to Make Their Own Food Anymore

    Americans Don’t Even Know How to Make Their Own Food Anymore0

    It’s no secret that Americans like to eat – particularly at restaurants. Just last spring Bloomberg reported that Americans now spend more on dining out than they do on groceries. However, companies such as Plated and Blue Apron are trying to encourage more Americans to eat-in. They deliver meal kits to customers’ homes which offer

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  • What’s Really Wrong with the Republicans?

    What’s Really Wrong with the Republicans?0

    Another piece by New York Times columnist David Brooks is going viral. This one is entitled “The Republicans’ Incompetence Caucus”. I think Brooks’ main point is in the neighborhood of the problem with today’s Republican Party: “The Republican Party’s capacity for effective self-governance degraded slowly, over the course of a long chain of rhetorical excesses,

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  • Welcome to the Draft, Ladies

    Welcome to the Draft, Ladies0

    Military.com reports that: “Women will eventually have to register for the draft if ‘true and pure equality’ is to be realized in the U.S. military, Army Secretary John McHugh said Monday. ‘If your objective is true and pure equality then you have to look at all aspects’ of the roles of women in the military,

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  • Want to Attract the Hispanic Vote? Check out this Survey.

    Want to Attract the Hispanic Vote? Check out this Survey.0

    Like it or not, election season seems to be in full swing… a year ahead of time. One of the most highly sought voting blocs is the Latino population. But if politicians are trying to gain the Latino vote by offering some form of immigration support, they may be barking up the wrong tree. Judging

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  • Shakespeare is Being Translated… Into English

    Shakespeare is Being Translated… Into English0

    You may think that sounds like an Onion headline, but it’s not. According to a Wall Street Journal article penned by Dr. John McWhorter of Columbia University, “The Oregon Shakespeare Festival… has commissioned translations of all 39 of the Bard’s plays into modern English, with the idea of having them ready to perform in three

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  • Countries Encouraging Their Citizens to Have Sex

    Countries Encouraging Their Citizens to Have Sex0

    Overpopulation? Yeah, right… Granted, rural migration since the advent of the Industrial Revolution has caused many cities around the world to become overcrowded. But don’t let that fool you. Many countries are graying at rapid speed, and will soon not have enough employed men and women to support their non-working citizens (someone has to pay

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  • Africa Will Rule the World?

    Africa Will Rule the World?0

    If demographics is destiny then the world will change mightily in coming decades with Africa, especially Nigeria, featuring prominently with an exploding population of young people. The United Nations recently released its 2015 Word Population Prospects report and the findings are fascinating, if not shocking, for those who haven’t been paying attention to global population

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  • Two Types of People

    Two Types of People0

    • October 13, 2015

    As we look around at the world, most of us are just trying to get by. We may worry about the overall direction of the country or the culture, but there is only so much we can do as individuals. Most of us, unfortunately, are stuck on the hamster wheel of a debt-based economy –

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