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  • Finding Positive Masculinity in Pulp Fiction

    Finding Positive Masculinity in Pulp Fiction0

    In my first installment about the film Pulp Fiction, I used Jordan Peterson’s theory of order, chaos, and personal responsibility to interpret the actions of Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent (John Travolta). In this second installment, I want to focus on one of the film’s most important characters: Butch (Bruce Willis). For those unfamiliar with

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  • Actress: Entitlement is Not the Secret to Success

    Actress: Entitlement is Not the Secret to Success0

    Once upon a time on a dull afternoon, I consulted my bucket list. The item written, “Be in a play at Guthrie Theatre; any size role will do,” stood out as an interesting option. I knew such an idea was rather ambitious, as the Guthrie holds national acclaim and I have very little training as

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  • ‘Social Justice’ is Overrunning the University of Texas

    ‘Social Justice’ is Overrunning the University of Texas0

    The latest racket in higher education, evident at my alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin, is the disturbing proliferation of “social justice” as a degree program, a course topic, an academic emphasis, and even as a prerequisite in campus job descriptions. “Social justice” is a seemingly innocuous term with no established definition. Many

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  • Why Minimal Sleep is Not a Badge of Honor

    Why Minimal Sleep is Not a Badge of Honor0

    “I need you to make sure that I don’t walk into any walls or trip on the stairs,” one of my friends recently informed me. Her reason? She was running on about three and a half hours of sleep and was struggling with the simple task of walking. I hadn’t gotten much more sleep than

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  • Soulmate Marriage: An Unrealistic Goal?

    Soulmate Marriage: An Unrealistic Goal?1

    A recent edition of the NPR program “Hidden Brain” asked an increasingly prevalent question: “When Did Marriage Become So Hard?” The idea that marriage is difficult is underscored by the fact that nearly 40 to 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce. And although divorce rates are supposedly falling, the numbers of divorced couples

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  • Does the Old-Fashioned Art of Visiting Need Reviving?

    Does the Old-Fashioned Art of Visiting Need Reviving?0

    In the novels of Louisa May Alcott, a time prior to the invention of the telephone, and even into the middle of the twentieth century with telephones in most homes, neighbors and families practiced the art of visiting. Sundays and holidays were especially the times that encouraged this sociable aspect of ordinary life. These visits

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  • Amish Uber Shows that Entrepreneurship is Contagious

    Amish Uber Shows that Entrepreneurship is Contagious0

    The ridesharing economy seems to know no bounds. From bike-sharing to platforms that pair riders with drivers who accept cryptocurrency to the most recent trend of motorized scooters, there seems to be something for everyone. But now, this service has entered a whole new market and is being extended to include even those who are religiously

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  • Young Minds Are Undermined by Today’s Fashionable Philosophies

    Young Minds Are Undermined by Today’s Fashionable Philosophies0

    Rates of teenage depression and suicide in America are rising. Attempts to explain this increase have centered around ideas that are now pervasive in academia and entertainment media: identity politics, victim-culture, the unearned “self-esteem movement,” and the dreaded post-modernism (as it applies to philosophy and the humanities, not the arts). I contend that a lot

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  • What Putin is Doing Right… and What the West is Not Doing at All

    What Putin is Doing Right… and What the West is Not Doing at All0

    This weekend’s Wall Street Journal featured an interesting article about Hungary, a former Soviet bloc country that fled to NATO after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and is now moving closer to Putin’s Russia. As the article mentions, it is one more example of the break up of the Cold War anti-Soviet alliance, and

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