Blog 3 Columns

11 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Death by Gun Violence 0
- Culture
- June 7, 2018
Do you want to reduce your risk of death by gun violence? If so, consider these 10 common sense ways to do so. These are things one can implement fully and immediately with no permission or agreement from anyone else but are entirely in the control of any individual. Marching to persuade politicians is a
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Will Durant on How the Socialism of Imperial Rome Ushered in Feudalism 0
- Economics
- June 6, 2018
In years of peace, Diocletian, with his aides, faced the problems of economic decay. To overcome depression and prevent revolution, he substituted a managed economy for the law of supply and demand. He established a sound currency by guaranteeing to the gold coinage a fixed weight and purity which it retained in the Eastern Empire till
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Why G.K. Chesterton Feared ‘Experts’0
- Culture
- June 6, 2018
A man of great good cheer, G. K. Chesterton was well known for his sunny disposition and irrepressible sense of humor. Sunny disposition notwithstanding, Chesterton did have his angry moments. How else to account for the vaguely titled “Conclusion” to What’s Wrong with the World? In it, Chesterton reveals a very different frame of mind,
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Gay Wedding Cakes & Firefox: Why We Need the Freedom to Discriminate 0
- Culture
- June 6, 2018
Do you know one of the fastest ways to create strife and discord in a pluralistic nation like America? Use the government to force conformity of lifestyles and beliefs upon everyone. A pluralistic nation is one in which people of differing beliefs and worldviews agree to a general set of laws that uphold common
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Cognitive Dissonance: The Psychological Phenomenon that Explains Why Intellectuals Can’t Stop Believing Socialism Works 0
- Philosophy
- June 6, 2018
The graveyard of failed socialist states is vast. In recent decades, examples are replete: from the collapse of the Soviet Union, to the horrors in North Korea, to the recent nightmare in Venezuela, the evidence looms large and tragic. Yet among its faithful, there is a persistent belief that “real” socialism does work. (G. A.
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Atheist Community: Too Many Atheists Embracing ‘Troubling’ Morals 0
- Culture
- June 6, 2018
In recent years, the atheist movement in North America has begun to experience institutional rot. For example, in May, “Eiynah,” an ex-Muslim atheist based in Toronto, Canada, denounced at her Nice Mangoes blog, “blind faith, dogmatism, tribalism, homophobia, sexism, sexual abuse and harassment, transphobia ” in their movement. Darwinian atheist P. Z. Myers responded, lamenting
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Reactance: The Psychological Phenomenon Behind the Partisan Response to Roseanne and Samantha Bee 0
- Politics
- June 5, 2018
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 1
- 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?0
- Culture
- June 5, 2018
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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11 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Death by Gun Violence 0