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Plato, Descartes and Kant Too White for Univ. Students 0
- Culture
- January 9, 2017
Via the Telegraph: They are said to be the founding fathers of Western philosophy, whose ideas underpin civilised society. But students at a prestigious London university are demanding that figures such as Plato, Descartes and Immanuel Kant should be largely dropped from the curriculum because they are white. The student union at the School of
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Former NEA Lawyer: Abolish the Department of Education 0
- Education
- January 9, 2017
Have you ever noticed that making cuts to any area of education is enough to make teachers, parents, and politicians alike break out in a cold sweat? Indignation abounds as pundits weigh in and wonder how anyone dare suggest that bread be taken from the mouths of babes. That attitude, however, may be heading out
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Feds Create Orwellian Propaganda Agency to Combat ‘Fake News’0
- Politics
- January 9, 2017
Our elected officials in Washington have a habit of passing the laws that the American people would probably most like to know about at times when very few are likely to see it. On December 23rd of last year, while we the people were busy making preparations for the holidays, President Obama signed the National Defense
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Did Plato Get His Ideas from the Bible?2
- History
- January 9, 2017
T.S. Eliot once wrote that “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” If that’s the case, then according to some influential past authorities, Plato was a “mature poet” when it comes to his ideas on God and creation. The other day I was reading St. Augustine’s (354-430) De Doctrina Christiana—a treatise that played an enormous role
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Chicago: 3 out of 4 Blacks Born out of Wedlock 0
- Culture
- January 9, 2017
Regarding the news of four black teens in Chicago livestreaming their kidnapping and torturing of a white, special-needs youth, CNN’s Don Lemon argued that it wasn’t evil, but rather “bad parenting”. While I vehemently disagree with Don regarding the issue of evil, his point about bad parenting is worth looking at deeper. As previously reported
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A Lesson We All Can Learn from the Chicago Torture Case 0
- Philosophy
- January 9, 2017
The kidnaping and torturing of a white, special-needs teenager by four black teenagers in Chicago has horrified the country. Details of the attack point to racial hatred, but Matt Walsh wonders if something “worse” also was behind the depravity of the attack. Walsh noted that on the Facebook video of the attack, the attackers weren’t
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Terrifying Beauty Makes no Sense 0
- Culture
- January 6, 2017
In our post-modern world, beauty is often said to be in the eye of the beholder. And, yet, I have little doubt that one could pull together Muslims, Atheists, Christians, Buddhists, and others to view a sunset and all who viewed it would agree in its beauty. The same likely may be said for viewing
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No, Don, this was Evil 0
- Culture
- January 6, 2017
By now, most of the country has learned about the kidnapping and torture of a white, special-needs teenager by four, young blacks in Chicago. The reason we all know about it? Because one of the four perpetrators decided to live-stream their actions on Facebook. (Warning, disturbing images.) The full video is rampant with
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Neuroscientist: Gender-neutral Parenting is ‘Futile’0
- Culture
- January 6, 2017
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s been a recent trend amongst younger parents to keep their children away from toys and clothes which cater specifically to boys or girls. Parents who practice this trend do so believing that they will free their child from the gender norms which society has inflicted upon us. But according
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