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10 Steps to Becoming a Happy Parent0
- Culture
- October 23, 2018
Several weeks ago, a friend of mine posted an article about motherhood on a social media account. The article went on to explain how fun child-rearing actually is. A number of young moms were quick to jump on to her post and agree that despite the challenges, motherhood is fun and one of the best
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Women in Combat? Secretary Mattis Steps Into a Minefield0
- Culture
- October 22, 2018
Aside from the “is he in or is he out” speculations, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has largely avoided the major controversies that have plagued his fellow Trump cabinet members. But if the reaction to his recent remarks at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) are any indication, his luck may have begun to run out.
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Why Robin Williams’ Character from ‘Dead Poets Society’ is a Terrible Person0
- Culture
- October 22, 2018
He’s an actor we all remember fondly, playing one of the most beloved characters in recent cinematic history in a movie that few in my chosen field of study, English Literature, regard as anything short of scripture. I’m speaking, of course, of Robin Williams and his role as John Keating in “Dead Poets Society,” a
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When Sears Used the Market to Combat Jim Crow0
- Culture
- October 22, 2018
After 125 years in business, Sears has filed for bankruptcy and may soon be closing its doors forever. This has elicited strong emotions, as Sears has been an integral part of America’s commercial history. But just like Blockbuster and Toys R Us, it’s time for Sears to embrace creative destruction and pave the way for
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Our Modern World’s Inability to Understand Fairy Tales0
- Culture
- October 22, 2018
It’s not fair. This refrain—so quick to be invoked by young children, who seem to develop a thirst for justice very young indeed—may seem like a curious place to begin in defense of fairy tales. But let me explain. But to backtrack a little further first—well, the latest salvo against fairy tales comes from two Hollywood
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No Mas: Enforce the Law, Protect Our Borders0
- International
- October 22, 2018
“In the absence of faith, we govern by tenderness. And tenderness leads to the gas chamber.” – Flannery O’Connor A country that can’t control its borders is by definition no longer a country. As I write these words, 7,000 Hondurans are marching through Mexico determined to force their way into the United States in hopes of
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Why the U.S. Must Become an ‘Aspirational’ Society Once Again0
- Culture
- October 19, 2018
When a society feels that the solution for poverty is for the poor to have the opportunity to become rich through hard work and self-improvement, you have an aspirational society. The United States could be classified by this term once upon a time, but in more recent years it has morphed into an envious society
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Why Cultural Marxism Seeks to Control Culture0
- Culture
- October 19, 2018
Another name for the neo-Marxism of increasing popularity in the United States is “cultural Marxism.” This theory says that the driving force behind the socialist revolution is not the proletariat — but the intellectuals. While Marxism has largely disappeared from the workers’ movement, Marxist theory flourishes today in cultural institutions, in the academic world, and in the
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Whatever Happened to Coffee Shop Courtesy?1
- Culture
- October 19, 2018
“I’ve become that guy who sits in the corner and keeps his opinions to himself.” I am working away on my laptop in a coffee shop that serves as my second home when the man at the nearby table speaks those words. Here’s a sixty-something guy, a little worse for the wear, who for the
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