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  • Good job, REI!

    Good job, REI!0

    Yesterday, REI sent out an e-mail to its members regarding Black Friday shopping. Here it is: This Black Friday the co-op is doing something different. We’re closing all 143 of our stores. Instead of reporting to work, we’re paying our employees to do what we love most—be outside. We want you, our members, to be the

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  • 14 Forceful Quotes from Teddy Roosevelt

    14 Forceful Quotes from Teddy Roosevelt0

    1. “It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.”       2. “A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb, ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick — you will go far.’ If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big

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  • The Real Reason Why Rome Fell (and Why America Will Fall, Too)?

    The Real Reason Why Rome Fell (and Why America Will Fall, Too)?0

    Most Americans believe that the United States is in decline. To support that belief, eyes inevitably turn to the example of Ancient Rome for parallels between their fall and our supposed decline. There are many theories behind the cause of Rome’s fall. However, I frequently come across one theory more than any others. Simply put,

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  • Atheism Also Involves ‘Faith’

    Atheism Also Involves ‘Faith’0

    • October 26, 2015

    It’s popular to regard faith in God’s existence as “irrational,” and atheism as the height of rationality. But according to atheist Ijeoma Oluo, in a piece published in The Guardian this weekend, that’s just not true. Oluo writes, “I came to atheism the way that many Christians come to Christianity – through faith. I was

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  • 12 Gore Vidal Quotes to Prepare You for Election Season

    12 Gore Vidal Quotes to Prepare You for Election Season0

    From the prolific writer (1925-2012) and perceptive critic of American politics:   1. “By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.”    2. “Happily for the busy lunatics who rule over us, we are permanently the United States of Amnesia. We learn nothing because we remember nothing.”

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  • This 1848 Essay Perfectly Portrays the 2016 Election

    This 1848 Essay Perfectly Portrays the 2016 Election0

    A couple of days ago Joe Biden announced that he wouldn’t join the roughly 20 candidates running for president in 2016. Regardless of what one thinks of his politics, the Vice President is to be commended. It seems he has resisted the urge and ambition to join the popularity contest and the power and wealth

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  • Really, Mr. President?

    Really, Mr. President?0

    Yesterday, Minneapolis Public Schools proudly shared a letter of congratulations from President Obama. Here’s the post:  Here’s the letter:  Assuming the letter is real, the President really ought to have had his team check out the school district before sending a letter of congratulations to the interim superintendent. We certainly agree that “Our Nation’s future

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  • Many Women Distancing Themselves from Feminists

    Many Women Distancing Themselves from Feminists0

    • October 23, 2015

    Emily Hill, writing for the British magazine The Spectator, says that it’s time for feminists to recognize the white flags. As the title of her article reads, “Feminism is over, the battle is won. It’s time to move on.”  Today, as Hill points out, girls are doing better in school, more women attend university than

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  • Makers vs. Takers

    Makers vs. Takers0

    A Little Red Hen lived in a barnyard. She spent almost all of her time walking about the barnyard in her picketty-pecketty fashion, scratching everywhere for worms. She dearly loved fat, delicious worms and felt they were absolutely necessary to the health of her children. As often as she found a worm she would call

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