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How the Jury Broke the Deadlock in Philando Castile Shooting Death Case 0
- Culture
- June 19, 2017
In the last several years, our country has become familiar with names such as Trayvon Martin, Alton Sterling, and Philando Castile. Each man suffered an unfortunate death at the hands of both police and private security, precipitating mass protest and national media coverage. The memory of these men came to the forefront once again with
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Hey, Millennials! This is the sequence of success: education, job, marriage, children 0
- Culture
- June 19, 2017
Millennials may have it tough in a society where values and the job market seem equally disrupted, but here is what they need to know: the odds are that, financially at least, life will go much better if they follow the tried and true Success Sequence: education, job, marriage, children – in that order. That’s the
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Evergreen Insanity: Students Forced College Pres. to Pee Under Escort 0
- Culture
- June 19, 2017
We’ve highlighted some of the troubling discord coming from Evergreen State College in Washington state, as well as the media’s apparent unwillingness to cover the strange saga. (The media might be coming around. The New York Times covered the college’s sad commencement on Friday.) But even we were surprised by some of the revelations
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Does hookup culture differ on Catholic campuses?0
- Culture
- June 19, 2017
Daniel is “free-spirited and open-minded” about hooking up. As one of the 70 percent of students who do so each year on U.S. college campuses, he embraces hookups and their culture of students having sexual encounters without expectations of any feelings, much less relationships. Hooking up, according to Daniel, is all about “fun,” “gratification,” “curiosity,”
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American slavery: Separating fact from myth 0
- June 19, 2017
People think they know everything about slavery in the United States, but they don’t. They think the majority of African slaves came to the American colonies, but they didn’t. They talk about 400 years of slavery, but it wasn’t. They claim all Southerners owned slaves, but they didn’t. Some argue it was all a long
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8 Signs of a Thriving Child 0
- Education
- June 19, 2017
A friend recently gave to me a book titled Gist: The Essence of Raising Life-Ready Kids. As a father of three small children, I have an obvious interest in such a book. Nearly every parent wants to raise a happy, well-adjusted child who will blossom into a capable, bright, and self-sufficient young man or woman.
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5 Famous People Who Found Religion before They Died 1
- Culture
- June 19, 2017
Though some see deathbed conversions merely as a convenient way of covering one’s tracks before leaping into the uncharted territory of death, others believe that people who become religious converts at the end of their lives truly can be sincere in their newfound faith. The five people below, though recognized for things that would be
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What Makes a Hero?0
- Culture
- June 16, 2017
Contemporary American society seems to be rife with divisions, deceptions, and all kinds of demagoguery. Indeed, in what some have dubbed an Age of Wonkery, the labels of ‘divider’, ‘deceiver’, and ‘demagogue’ are daily applied to individuals in the orbit of the public eye, and the application of these tag-line-titles are hotly contested. The throwing around of
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Univ. of Chicago Prez: Rejecting Free Speech Diminishes Education Quality 0
- Culture
- June 16, 2017
Late last summer, the University of Chicago made waves when its Dean of Students announced to incoming freshmen that the institution would not be a purveyor of trendy safe spaces. Instead, it sought to continue its quest for “rigorous debate, discussion, and even disagreement.” Apparently, the University of Chicago is not backing down on its
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How the Jury Broke the Deadlock in Philando Castile Shooting Death Case 0