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  • They Starved, We Bought Snickers

    They Starved, We Bought Snickers0

    How far we’ve come as a country can be seen in the incredible contrast found at the Donner Memorial State Park, where some of the members of a pioneer group survived the winter of 1846/1847 by cannibalizing their deceased comrades. If you’re not familiar with the Donner Party, you can gain a bit of background

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  • The Road to Serfdom: 15 Quotes

    The Road to Serfdom: 15 Quotes1

    F.A. Hayek published The Road to Serfdom in 1944 as a response to the Russian communists and the German and Italian fascists of the 1920s, 1930s, and early 1940s, as well as to those in other parts of the West that might be tempted by the allure of a society based on total security or

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  • The Pope’s Famous 4 Predictions About Contraception

    The Pope’s Famous 4 Predictions About Contraception0

    • October 30, 2015

    Most people today accept contraception as a given of modern sexual relations, and just about every Christian church and denomination today believes its use is acceptable in some if not all cases… except the Roman Catholic Church.    But the general Christian acceptance of contraception is a fairly recent development. Up until 1930, all major

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  • Russell Brand: Porn is Bad

    Russell Brand: Porn is Bad0

    According to Russell Brand, porn today must be “dizzying and exciting but corrupting in a way that we can’t even think about” for a young man. We’re a bit shocked that such a statement would come from the actor given some of his acting roles. Brand goes on to say why he doesn’t think it’s

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  • 10 Quotes from the Most Popular TED Talk EVER

    10 Quotes from the Most Popular TED Talk EVER0

    Sir Ken Robinson’s 2006 talk entitled “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” remains the most popular TED talk ever. That should tell us something about the public’s desire to transform today’s education system.   Here are 10 thought-provoking quotes from it:     1. “If you think of it, children starting school this year will be retiring

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  • We’re All Narcissus Now

    We’re All Narcissus Now0

    Do you know the story of Echo and Narcissus? If not, it’s a good one in the age of selfies. Before there were selfies, there were mirrors. Nearly everywhere we go in the modern world, we have the chance to gaze upon ourselves with them. It’s something that we take for granted, while forgetting that

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  • The Medieval Period was a Dark Age? Don’t be Ignorant.

    The Medieval Period was a Dark Age? Don’t be Ignorant.0

    Too often in conversations and on social media, people will conflate the Dark Ages with the time of Medieval Europe. The motivation behind the argument has roots in both the Protestant Reformation and then the Enlightenment and their joint toppling of Christendom Europe. For the past to be rejected and a new order to be

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  • Is School Preventing People from Growing Up?

    Is School Preventing People from Growing Up?0

    In a First Things piece today, Mark Bauerlein reaffirms the thesis that a separate adolescent society has developed in American culture. It used to be that children were simply looked at as adults-in-training. Many have made the point that “childhood” is an invention of the Victorian age. But, as James Coleman noted over fifty years

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  • Intellectuals Didn’t Oppose Nazism Because It Was ‘Tedious’

    Intellectuals Didn’t Oppose Nazism Because It Was ‘Tedious’0

    There are times when men shirk from opposing grievous error because it’s dangerous, or inconvenient, or they are temporarily blinded by it.   And sometimes, it’s because it’s so damn boring.    This lesson was forcefully brought home to me in an article Carl Trueman wrote for First Things last year entitled “Persistent Defiance.” In

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