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  • Admiral Rips Kneeling During National Anthem in Pearl Harbor Speech

    Admiral Rips Kneeling During National Anthem in Pearl Harbor Speech0

    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 Selfish

    Why Self-Discipline Must Be Selfish0

    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 Again

    Why Pearl Harbor Could Happen Again0

    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 Thought

    The Pentagon is Even More Bloated than You Thought0

    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 Scene

    The Moral Problem with that ‘Last Tango’ Rape Scene0

    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…”

    New Normal on College Campuses: “I believe in free speech, but…”0

    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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  • How Our Contradictions Make Us Human

    How Our Contradictions Make Us Human0

    Have you ever wondered how many contradictory thoughts you have in a day? How many times your thoughts contradict your actions? How often your feelings oppose your principles and beliefs? Most of the time, we don’t see our own contradictions – it’s often easier to observe such inconsistencies in others. But you are as full

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  • Does God See Humans as His Children or His Servants?

    Does God See Humans as His Children or His Servants?0

    Appearances can be deceptive. One might think, for instance, that this article is going to be religious. It is not. Not in the least. To speak tautologically, a religious article is one which is religious, i.e. one that advocates a particular religious position or perspective. The following will not advocate any religious position or perspective.

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  • Can Vocational Classes Teach Kids to ‘Adult’?

    Can Vocational Classes Teach Kids to ‘Adult’?0

    Today’s high schoolers are pushed through a battery of tests, college applications, extra-curricular activities, and courses on everything under the sun. But in spite of all these opportunities, many students graduate without having any real-life skills which can transfer immediately into the working world. As a recent article in The Washington Post explains, one Maryland

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