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  • Can America Have Separation of Church and State?

    Can America Have Separation of Church and State?6

    Anti-religious fervor is rising in the United States. In January, the FBI circulated an internal document that targets traditional Catholics for investigation because of their views on such topics as open borders or LGBT issues, and other examples of anti-religious sentiment abound. Many today suggest that religion should not affect politics in the United States.

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  • The Clock Is Ticking for America

    The Clock Is Ticking for America4

    Yeonmi Park’s new book, While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector’s Search for Freedom in America, is a broadside against current American political indoctrination, which is a propaganda campaign that reminds Park of her adolescence spent living in a “dictatorship of the mind.” Park’s first book, In Order to Live, recounted her impoverished and brutal

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  • What Thomas Jefferson Meant by ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’

    What Thomas Jefferson Meant by ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’4

    The idea of the “pursuit of happiness” is in our societal DNA. Yet, this “unalienable right,” immortalized in the Declaration of Independence, has often puzzled people. What exactly did Jefferson mean? Most people think of happiness as feeling good, but that is not what Jefferson meant. Pleasure and happiness are not the same. Our happiness

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  • The Dark Origins and History of International Women’s Day

    The Dark Origins and History of International Women’s Day4

    March 8 is International Women’s Day, and over the past few years, this means our news and social media feeds are flooded with stories and advertisements centering on women (and sometimes men identifying as women). Some of these stories do shine a light on how women have contributed to the world we live in, but

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  • Objectifying Women? The Importance of Modesty

    Objectifying Women? The Importance of Modesty2

    Modesty isn’t something society likes to talk about. Suggest that it might be proper and you’ll probably get an angry glance, and if you’re in the right situation, a snide comment about the patriarchy. “If you don’t like it, don’t look,” many people declare, and everybody else is expected to applaud their astounding show of

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  • Western Leftists Loved Stalinism and Maoism, Despite Their Horrors

    Western Leftists Loved Stalinism and Maoism, Despite Their Horrors1

    I recently had the opportunity to travel to the Texas Tech University School of Law to debate the merits of capitalism versus socialism with Ben Burgis, a columnist for Jacobin and philosophy instructor at Georgia State University Perimeter College. It was a riveting discussion, and I hope students left with not just a better understanding of the horrors

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  • Need Inspiration? Just Look Around

    Need Inspiration? Just Look Around2

    Dreams, determination, talent, and guts are critical to be successful in the world of sports. From the Olympic gymnast to the star quarterback of a high school football team, all good athletes possess these attributes. Since elementary school, they have spent countless hours chasing their ambitions, developing their skills, and learning the ins-and-outs of their

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  • The Asbury Revival, Emotionalism, and Group Psychology

    The Asbury Revival, Emotionalism, and Group Psychology6

    After one chapel service at a small religious university in Kentucky, some students did not leave. They stayed and continued to pray and worship for hours. As word spread, by the next day, hundreds of students were participating. And by the end of this second day, students from other universities had arrived to join in.

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  • The Importance of Philosophical Fiction

    The Importance of Philosophical Fiction2

    I must admit that I have not always been a serious reader. Like the vast majority of consumers of art, I was more interested in the escapist element of fiction and cinema. I would read a book or watch a film as a way to escape into another world for a couple hours. I was

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