Their names still haunt us. Chelmno. Belzec, Sobibor. Treblinka. Auschwitz. Dachau. Majdanek. They stir images of the horrors of Nazi killing centers, where millions of Jews, Poles, Soviet POWs, and gypsies were systematically killed in one of the great horrors of the twentieth century. For many of us, this imagery is associated exclusively with Hitler
READ MOREEarlier this month, news broke that officials in Florida were blasting the children’s song “Baby Shark” on a loop to discourage homeless people from sleeping in a local park. In other words, that song is considered to be unbearable. It will drive anyone away. American parents – or probably just any American, parent or not
READ MORESeventy-two percent of economists oppose a high $15 minimum wage, because it would wipe out too many jobs and result in employers restricting employees’ work hours too much. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who supports a $15 minimum wage, recently announced he would cut his staffers’ hours in order to afford paying them a $15 minimum wage. Increasing the minimum
READ MOREEva Kor passed on July 4, 2019. Having survived the Nazis, Kor then worked to liberate the human heart. She founded the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Terre Haute, Indiana. Kor was born in Romania in 1934. In 1944, the Nazis transported her and her family to Auschwitz. Immediately upon disembarking, her father
READ MORE“I felt like I had been punched in the stomach. I was just gasping for air.” That’s how Nancy Rost recalls the moments after her husband, Tom, walked through the door of their home six years ago this month. In his hand, Tom held a letter from a long-time employee. On his face, the easy
READ MOREThe annual cost of health care for the average American family hovers around $20,000. Premiums increase yearly, and this is a primary driver of why real wages for average Americans don’t seem to improve. Meanwhile, the CEO of non-profit Banner Health, based out of Arizona, raked in $21.6 million last year. Nearly half of the CEOs
READ MOREI have a background in financial services. Over the years, I’ve seen many patterns of productivity. A large percentage of financial advisors produce within the $100,000 to $250,000 range. A much smaller percentage exceeds the norm, producing $1,000,000+ of fees and commissions. These select few with production over $1,000,000 are in demand because they are
READ MOREYou might think that watching cute kittie videos on YouTube is as harmless as it gets. You’d be wrong. Online video is destroying the Amazon jungle, melting glaciers in Greenland and kindling wildfires in California. There’s no video without electricity. And no electricity without carbon emissions. Stored in data centres, videos are transferred to our
READ MOREThere is no human nature because there is no God to have a conception of it … man is nothing else but that which he makes of himself. ~ John Paul Sartre We are in a fierce life and death cultural struggle over the meaning of human nature and reality in the cosmos. Our postmodern culture
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