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  • Reactance: The Psychological Phenomenon Behind the Partisan Response to Roseanne and Samantha Bee

    Reactance: The Psychological Phenomenon Behind the Partisan Response to Roseanne and Samantha Bee0

    Last week gave us yet another example of the all-too-common phenomenon of celebrity tweet-related scandals. Roseanne Barr, star of a recently revived (and subsequently canceled) self-titled sitcom, tweeted that African-American politician Valerie Jarrett was like the “Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes had a baby.” The outrage was immediate and, despite Roseanne’s apologies, ABC

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  • Four Good Non-Christian Books by Christian Authors

    Four Good Non-Christian Books by Christian Authors1

    • June 5, 2018

    C.S. Lewis once observed that we don’t need more Christian books, we need more Christian writers. In other words, people of faith who have the gift should write not just worthy books on prayer. They should write novels and children’s stories and cookbooks and travel books, fantasy, fiction, poetry, and drama. His point was that

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  • Does Robbing Children of Work Deny Them a Sense of Fulfillment?

    Does Robbing Children of Work Deny Them a Sense of Fulfillment?0

    Headlines in 2018 seem to tell a recurring story: Unemployment rates are lower than ever. Numbers which registered in double digits only a few years ago are now strikingly low and telling a tale of booming prosperity. All that is well and good, particularly for those in the Trump administration. But many of us have

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  • 3 Socialism Myths Debunked by Venezuela’s Nightmare

    3 Socialism Myths Debunked by Venezuela’s Nightmare0

    History provides endless examples of vicious despots ruling under various collectivist ideologies. Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, and—today—Kim Jong-un and Nicolás Maduro may have had different names for their collectivist ideologies, but they have resulted in the deaths of countless millions of people and endless misery for the survivors. Alarmingly, a majority of millennials would

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  • Why Are So Many ‘Whiz Kids’ Homeschoolers?

    Why Are So Many ‘Whiz Kids’ Homeschoolers?0

    It seems like every graduation season has its stories of whiz kids. The kids who are so ambitious and so accomplished that they’re graduating from high school, and even college, before the normal time. One of the latest is 14-year-old Matthew McKenzie from Georgia, who received his high school diploma and associate degree the same

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  • The Difference Between Guilt and Shame, and the Rise of Identity Politics

    The Difference Between Guilt and Shame, and the Rise of Identity Politics0

    In the digital age, there is always something to be outraged about. Whether it be the “infiltration” by fast food chicken restaurants; the LGBTQIA “plot” to overthrow the good, the true, and the beautiful; or a prom dress single-handedly (single-sleavedly?) wreaking more havoc on Asian culture than Genghis Khan, there’s something to anger everyone! In

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  • Minnesota Public Library Announces Cross-Dressing Series for Children as Part of Response to Trump Policy

    Minnesota Public Library Announces Cross-Dressing Series for Children as Part of Response to Trump Policy0

    For generations, libraries were places where people went to borrow books, learn about the past, and kindle imaginations. Today, however, they occasionally find themselves at the forefront of the culture war. A case in point can be found in the Saint Paul Public Library (SPPL), where officials on Monday announced they would be offering a

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  • BREAKING: Jack Phillips Wins His Case

    BREAKING: Jack Phillips Wins His Case0

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor today of Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, who declined to bake a custom cake to celebrate a same-sex wedding because of his religious beliefs. Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is a historic case involving religious liberty, LGBT rights, and the First

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  • ‘Cultural Marxism’ Is Not the True Culprit of Our Cultural Decay

    ‘Cultural Marxism’ Is Not the True Culprit of Our Cultural Decay0

    “Cultural Marxism” is a bogeyman invoked by conservatives to explain events as varied as the FBI’s trouble with Trump, the evolution of the rock group U2, transgender rights, and the results of the abortion referendum in Ireland. Anything that explains so many phenomena needs a pretty good explanation itself. Otherwise it begins to sound like

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