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Old Man Potter: The Real Hero of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’8
- Culture
- December 8, 2016
December is upon us and that means plentiful opportunities to watch the enduring classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of viewers completely misinterpret Frank Capra’s dystopian nightmare as a heartwarming Christmas tale. The emotional appeal of angels getting their wings is undeniable. Crying out for correction, however, are the vicious slanders regarding
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Is Eliminating Jobs Really ‘Progress’?0
- Culture
- December 8, 2016
The internet is abuzz with news of Amazon grocery stores, which will allow customers (using the Amazon Go app) to walk in, grab their groceries, and leave without having to check out. Reports say that Amazon eventually plans to open more than 2,000 such stores (though Amazon denies the claim). If that in fact did
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C.S. Lewis’ ‘Lost’ Parable on the Meaning of Christmas1
- Culture
- December 8, 2016
C.S. Lewis was famous for taking ordinary topics, injecting them with an unexpected twist of thought, and presenting them in a fanciful way for his readers. His thoughts on Christmas are no exception. In 1954, Lewis sat down to write an essay entitled Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus. The essay described the
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Admiral Rips Kneeling During National Anthem in Pearl Harbor Speech0
- Culture
- December 8, 2016
Colin Kaepernick had a tough day in Chicago on Sunday. His week is not getting any better. On Wednesday, at a ceremony in Hawaii to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback found his conduct in the crosshairs of U.S. Pacific Command Commander Adm. Harry Harris. “You
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Why Self-Discipline Must Be Selfish0
- Education
- December 7, 2016
Today’s the day. The day you get serious about your work, your studies, your finances, your health, your life. Commence adulting. You start strong, like you always do. You set up your to do list. You make headway on a project. But then, insensibly, as the day wears on, you start slipping. By the next
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Why Pearl Harbor Could Happen Again0
- Education
- December 7, 2016
December 7th marks the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Naturally, headlines are full of remembrances of the dead and honors for the living. But in reading through headlines, one concern in particular keeps resurfacing. That concern is that the younger generation does not know, nor does it care about, what went on during
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The Pentagon is Even More Bloated than You Thought0
- Economics
- December 7, 2016
An internal study at the Department of Defense identified $125 billion in wasteful spending, the Washington Post reports. But government officials buried the report out of fear lawmakers would make defense cuts in the ensuing budget. Via Bob Woodward and Craig Whitlock at the Post: Pentagon leaders had requested the study to help make their
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The Moral Problem with that ‘Last Tango’ Rape Scene0
- Culture
- December 7, 2016
In the past week a clip of director Bernardo Bertolucci speaking about a scene in the 1972 film The Last Tango in Paris set off a firestorm of controversy on Twitter. The film tells the story of a recently widowed American man’s sordid sexual affair with a French woman. In the particular scene, the character
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New Normal on College Campuses: “I believe in free speech, but…”0
- Culture
- December 7, 2016
The news that students at City, University of London have voted to ban The Sun, Daily Mail and Express newspapers from its campus – a ban which could be extended to other media organisations – is just the latest example of how free speech is under threat at universities across the globe. The university’s student
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