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  • Why Pop Culture (and ‘Say Yes to the Dress’) are Going Wild for Polyamory

    Why Pop Culture (and ‘Say Yes to the Dress’) are Going Wild for Polyamory0

    Hey everyone, a relic of barbarism is making a comeback! If the reference is lost on you, I am referring to an expression from the mid-1800s, when the Republican Party was established to replace the Whigs on the platform of eradicating what party leaders like Abraham Lincoln coined “the twin relics of barbarism.” The first

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  • Tribal Politics Is Turning Us Against Each Other—and Science

    Tribal Politics Is Turning Us Against Each Other—and Science0

    If you’ve spent much time on a college campus you’ve probably heard the claim that conservatives are anti-science. If you’re a liberal who doesn’t interact with many conservatives, you might have believed it. If you’re conservative, you probably felt frustrated and misrepresented. This view of conservatives as anti-science has been broadcast beyond the college campus.

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  • Today’s Schools Are Producing ‘Hollow Men’

    Today’s Schools Are Producing ‘Hollow Men’0

    One of the most heinous crimes against humanity that modernity has perpetrated is its war on the humanities. And let’s not forget that the humanities are thus called because they teach us about our own humanity. A failure to appreciate the humanities must inevitably lead to the dehumanizing of culture and a disastrous loss of

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  • How One Mother Sends Her Kids to College at Age 11

    How One Mother Sends Her Kids to College at Age 110

    By now, you may have heard of Carson and Cannan Huey-You. The two brothers hail from Texas and are making news this graduation season as one is graduating from Texas Christian University with a degree in physics, while the other is graduating from a local Christian high school. Their respective graduations are no big deal

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  • Five Rational Arguments Why God (Very Probably) Exists

    Five Rational Arguments Why God (Very Probably) Exists0

    The question of whether a god exists is heating up in the 21st century. According to a Pew survey, the percent of Americans having no religious affiliation reached 23 percent in 2014. Among such “nones,” 33 percent said that they do not believe in God – an 11 percent increase since only 2007. Such trends

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  • Ben Sasse’s 5 Steps to Raising a Successful Adult

    Ben Sasse’s 5 Steps to Raising a Successful Adult0

    Ben Sasse is the junior senator from Nebraska. However, before his tenure as senator, Sasse was the president of Midland University. As such, Sasse likely had many opportunities to observe the type of young people who will lead our nation in years to come. Unfortunately, many of the young people completing college these days are

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  • Survey: 60% of Millennials Don’t Believe in Right and Wrong

    Survey: 60% of Millennials Don’t Believe in Right and Wrong0

    If you’ve taken a brief glance at society lately, chances are you’ve come away with the impression that morality is on the wane. Apparently, a good chunk of Americans would agree with you. According to a new survey released by LifeWay Research, fully 8 in 10 Americans are concerned “about declining moral behavior in our

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  • Oppressed Squirrels Find Champion in Feminist Scholar

    Oppressed Squirrels Find Champion in Feminist Scholar0

    Squirrels in Los Angeles, California, whose victimization has been ignored for too long, have finally gained a champion in the form of Teresa Lloro-Bidart, an assistant professor in the Liberal Studies Department at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. Lloro-Bidart’s ringing defense of squirrels against the racist human patriarchy appears in the newest issue of Gender, Place & Culture:

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  • Is Freedom a Radical Idea?

    Is Freedom a Radical Idea?0

    The answer to the question “Is freedom a radical idea” is:  no and yes. Let me explain. Starting with the “no”:  Most children grow up learning the libertarian, or nonaggression, ethic. Parents say: “Don’t hit, don’t take other kids’ stuff without asking, and don’t break your promises.” Nothing radical – in the sense of out

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