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  • I Went to DC’s Gay Pride Parade. Here Are 9 Things I Saw.

    I Went to DC’s Gay Pride Parade. Here Are 9 Things I Saw.0

    Editor’s note: This article accurately describes a “gay pride” event and contains language and images that may offend some readers. Thousands of gay rights activists and their supporters celebrated Saturday in Washington, D.C., by participating in and watching the city’s gay pride parade. The “Pride Month” parade consisted of over 200 floats in addition to

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  • An Atheist Explains the True Reason Religion Terrifies Him

    An Atheist Explains the True Reason Religion Terrifies Him1

    Millennials are notorious for many things: student debt, perpetual childhood, high self-esteem, and even low work ethic. But in the last few years, millennials have also become characterized by another feature, namely, a lack of religion. As Pew Research explains, millennials make up a major part in the growth of the “nones,” individuals who “describe

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  • Trump Follows the Advice of John Quincy Adams. But Will Kim Jong-un Reform?

    Trump Follows the Advice of John Quincy Adams. But Will Kim Jong-un Reform?0

    Only the most unhinged Trump haters would not be overjoyed at the prospect of peace with North Korea. “The past doesn’t have to be the future” was the message conveyed in the video Trump shared with Kim Jong-un during their summit   Only those ignorant of the suffering of the North Korean people would not

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  • Northeastern University Prof: ‘Why Can’t We Hate Men?’

    Northeastern University Prof: ‘Why Can’t We Hate Men?’0

    A Northeastern University professor’s Washington Post op-ed “Why Can’t We Hate Men?” has received a flood of negative feedback. Northeastern sociology professor Suzanna Danuta Walters, also director of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, authored the article published Friday, which appears to advocate contempt toward individual men, instead of institutions, and instructs men to relinquish their grasp on power. “Pledge to vote

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  • How Harvard (Secretly) Discriminates Against Asian Americans

    How Harvard (Secretly) Discriminates Against Asian Americans0

    In April, a group launched a lawsuit against the school, insisting that Harvard University release hidden information regarding its admissions. The organization leading the lawsuit is Students for Fair Admissions, which is comprised of Asian-American students who applied to get into Harvard and were rejected. The group says it believes the school is guilty of

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  • Are Modern Children’s Books Training ‘Little Radicals’?

    Are Modern Children’s Books Training ‘Little Radicals’?0

    Over the weekend a friend placed a new children’s book in my hands which had been given to her granddaughter. It was a nicely bound, hardcover book with colorful pictures entitled, The Little Radical: The ABCs of Activism. I knew books like these were becoming quite popular, particularly in public school classrooms, yet I had

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  • 4 Non-Religious Reasons Adultery Is a Really Bad Idea

    4 Non-Religious Reasons Adultery Is a Really Bad Idea0

    Prager University recently made a video exposing the many ugly consequences of adultery as a sin against the Ten Commandments.  This is an easy selling point for Christians–God says adultery is wrong, and therefore you have sufficient motive to avoid adultery. However, even if you think Christianity is just an elaborate fairytale, adultery has very real consequences that have nothing to do with eternal fire and damnation.   Here are

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  • The Miss America Cover-Up: ‘We are no longer a pageant’

    The Miss America Cover-Up: ‘We are no longer a pageant’0

    First the Barbie makeover, now this.   The Miss America Pageant announced last week that it will no longer be a pageant, a word which the Macmillan Dictionary defines as “a competition between young women in which judges decide who is the most beautiful.”   “We are no longer a pageant; we are a competition. We will no

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  • The Degenderettes: How a Violent ‘Art Show’ Is Seeking to Silence Women

    The Degenderettes: How a Violent ‘Art Show’ Is Seeking to Silence Women0

    For those who do not use social media, the word “TERF” (which stands for “Trans Exclusive Radical Feminist”) might be disorienting. Thanks to its relatively recent and ferocious introduction into mainstream media, however, the term is gaining widespread use, including news stories about celebrities sporting a signature hairstyle known as “TERF bangs.” The function of

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