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  • Overcoming Cultural and Racial Division in the Age of Trump

    Overcoming Cultural and Racial Division in the Age of Trump0

    Both minorities and poor and lower-middle-class whites agree race relations are getting worse, but they disagree whether the solution is to talk more or less about race. They were divided by the meaning of President-elect Donald Trump’s mantra “Make America Great Again.” Is it a promise to return to a time when American manufacturing thrived

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  • How We’ll Remember George Michael

    How We’ll Remember George Michael0

    Over the Christmas holiday, 2016 claimed yet another pop icon: George Michael. He was 53. Late last night, I made the mistake of sharing a TMZ article on my public Facebook page that showed what George Michael looked like a few months before his death. He had packed on a lot of weight, so much

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  • 5 Suspensions From 2016 That Show a Common-Sense Deficiency in Our Schools

    5 Suspensions From 2016 That Show a Common-Sense Deficiency in Our Schools0

    In recent years, the rise of zero-tolerance discipline policies in schools has resulted in suspensions for … interesting incidents. 2016 was no exception. Some of the craziest incidents include: 1. The Chicken Nugget Suspension In early November, USA Today reported that a Tennessee teenager was suspended over allegedly taking too many chicken nuggets in the

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  • Why People Love (and Hate) Facebook

    Why People Love (and Hate) Facebook0

    You got a problem with Facebook? Go ahead. Think of what it is. Say it loud and proud. It is probably one of the one thousand or so common complaints listed at the book-length Wikipedia page: Criticism of Facebook. It’s been heard before. A thousand times. You get the impression that this must be the

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  • The Powerful Messages of Christmas Carols

    The Powerful Messages of Christmas Carols0

    This is the time of year when we hear Christmas music on the radio, in the mall, and in school concerts.  Unfortunately, attempts to meet the mandates of political correctness have resulted in less air time for traditional selections.  “Away in a Manger” and “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” have been replaced by such

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  • The Christmas Story according to Luke

    The Christmas Story according to Luke0

    For Christians, the story actually starts well before Mary, Joseph, and Jesus in the little town of Bethlehem. It goes back to prophesies and promises found in the Old Testament and the ancient Jewish traditions. “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son and his

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  • George Orwell’s Review of Mein Kampf

    George Orwell’s Review of Mein Kampf0

    The political upheavals of 2016 have left western elites dumbfounded. After all we’ve done for them, they ask, how could people reject progress? Many people in the developed world are turning toward authoritarianism, closed markets and a renewed nationalism. Can you blame the elites for being shocked? Especially when these same people were so cloistered

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  • Education in America Before the Education System

    Education in America Before the Education System1

    Before America’s public education system was created around 1840, the vast majority of Americans were illiterate and walked around with dirt on their faces.  At least, that seems to be the impression shared by most people today. But it turns out that education, like nature, abhors a vacuum. In the decades after the American Revolution—much

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  • C.S. Lewis on the Christmas “Racket”

    C.S. Lewis on the Christmas “Racket”0

    Last month, Gallup rolled out its annual poll regarding how much Americans intend to spend on Christmas gifts. Surprisingly, average spending on gifts was expected to jump $100 from last year’s amount, for a grand total of $830 per person. Such a finding oddly underscores what C.S. Lewis once labeled as “the third thing called

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