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  • Canadian School Book Ban: High School Removes All Pre-2008 Books

    Canadian School Book Ban: High School Removes All Pre-2008 Books3

    Book banning has become a serious topic of debate throughout the United States and Canada over the past few years, with many left-leaning individuals and organizations calling foul against conservatives who do not believe children should be reading sexually explicit material in the classroom. And while this debate will probably not be resolved anytime soon,

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  • Buyer’s Remorse Strikes Americans Who Voted for Biden

    Buyer’s Remorse Strikes Americans Who Voted for Biden2

    Anyone who has ever bought something only to hate it once they got it home is familiar with the concept of buyer’s remorse. Sadly, the regret felt after making a bad purchase also applies to the world of politics. The difference is that politicians, once elected, cannot be returned for a refund. And the damage

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  • Trudeau’s Nazi Problem

    Trudeau’s Nazi Problem0

    It has been a rough week in the Canadian parliament, to put it lightly. Last Friday, the Trudeau Government invited 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian migrant to Canada, to hear Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Parliament. Speaker Anthony Rota introduced Hunka as a “Ukrainian-Canadian veteran from the Second World War who fought for Ukrainian

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  • Surgeon: Medicine Is Lost in the Wilderness

    Surgeon: Medicine Is Lost in the Wilderness9

    I once was proud of my profession. I spent over 40 years as a clinician, educator, and researcher and for most of that time thought I was engaged in a noble calling. But all that has changed in the last 3 years. Medicine is lost in The Wilderness. There were warning signals, to be sure.

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  • Friday Comic: A Dog’s Mind0

    Credit: OwenComics (store) Twitter: @owenbroadcast Instagram: @owenbroadcast Save this article to favorites

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  • Making Space for Silence

    Making Space for Silence4

    In our lives of technology, distraction, and immediacy, silence is often lost. Our minds and bodies need some quiet time, some space to rest. Without this, we become burned-out, stressed, and exhausted. But our lives are busy, and we have responsibilities, jobs, and families. How do we daily make room for silence? Here are some

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  • Public Spaces in Decline: A Metric of Societal Health

    Public Spaces in Decline: A Metric of Societal Health2

    Former Trump official William Wolfe recently lamented the neglect steadily encroaching his local grocery store. “Let me tell you: I’ve never seen stores in such bad shape as they are now,” he wrote. “No one staffing the main check out lines, massive line for the self check outs, stores messy, items unstocked. … It’s like

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  • Did Lockdowns Finish Off Public Schooling?

    Did Lockdowns Finish Off Public Schooling?2

    We moved to a good school district. The area was growing. Built for families like ours, all of the public schools in the area received “A” or “8/10” ratings. There were two very expensive and very fancy private schools in the area. It was an idyllic place to raise children. In retrospect, we had a

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  • What Is a Home?

    What Is a Home?1

    The ultimate adventure story is about the journey home. Consider, for example, Odysseus at sea, Aeneas in search of a haven for the Trojans, the Israelites in the desert. Such stories strike a note on the strings of our souls that vibrates through us like a call. A homeland beckons. In the archetypal hero’s journey,

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