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Is the Price of a Republic Constant Discord?0
- Culture
- November 10, 2016
The election is barely over and already one thing seems clear: the peace and quiet we were hoping for do not seem to be on the horizon. Instead we seem to be facing even more discord and strife. While such trends are disconcerting, they shouldn’t be surprising. According to 19th century philosopher William Paley, these
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Fetishizing Victimhood: How Colleges Promote Psychological Frailty0
- November 10, 2016
Administrators at the University of Florida recently notified students that a 24-hour counseling hotline is available to anyone who feels offended by Halloween costumes. Other colleges, in an attempt to pre-empt the psychological threat of offensive costumes, have created and distributed Halloween costume guidelines to help students make appropriate choices if they decide to dress
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Dear Donald: First, Let’s Make America Good Again0
- Culture
- November 10, 2016
Donald Trump is our next president. What does this mean for Christian conservatives? On the plus side: * America repudiated the Establishment of both political parties. * America repudiated the Mainstream Media. * America repudiated the Chattering Classes of both parties. Above all, Americans acted like Americans. We refused to let ourselves be manipulated by
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CEO Tells Employees Who Support Trump’s Antics to Take a Hike0
- Culture
- November 10, 2016
Via Fox News: If you voted for Donald Trump, you may not feel welcomed at Grubhub. The CEO of Grubhub, an online food delivery service, sent a company wide email Wednesday suggesting employees who agree with President-elect Donald Trump’s behaviors and his campaign rhetoric should resign. “If you do not agree with this statement then
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Brace Yourselves: America is Losing 10 Awesome Celebrities0
- Culture
- November 10, 2016
Not for the first time, many distinguished actors, performers, and otherwise notable figures promised they would do the unthinkable if the wrong candidate got elected: they’d remove themselves from America and move to Mexico. Check that, I guess it’s Canada. Anyway, it’s an unusual threat if for no other reason than it’s palpably narcissistic. The
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10 Reasons to Doubt the Racial Explanation for Trump’s Success0
- Culture
- November 10, 2016
“White Supremacist America!” yells Counterpunch. “White Supremacists Bolstering Trump,” says AlterNet. This really is a “White Riot,” says Vox. That’s the opinion of the left for why Trump not only won the Republican nomination, but also seems poised to win the presidency. For years, the left has imagined the dominant swath of bourgeois culture to
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Would Sanders Have Beaten Trump?0
- Politics
- November 9, 2016
One of the questions beings asked this morning by many Democrats, and also a fair share of Republicans: Would Bernie Sanders have defeated Donald Trump in the presidential election if he had been the Democratic candidate? Way back in February of this past year, the title of an article by Harvard University Ph.D. student Nathan
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Why Saying ‘God Is in Control’ Isn’t Helpful0
- Philosophy
- November 9, 2016
Leading up to the election and on election day, I repeatedly encountered people calming their fears by saying, “It’s OK. No matter what happens, God is still on the throne.” I identify as a Christian, but I find this sentiment unhelpful and troubling. “It’s OK. God is still on the throne.” What does that mean?
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Trump Won More Black and Latino Voters than Romney. Why?0
- Politics
- November 9, 2016
In the months leading up to the election, we could all sense that racial tensions were on the rise. And in the minds of many, Donald Trump wasn’t helping those tensions any with his comments about building a wall and sending illegal immigrants back to their country of origin. So in the wake of Donald
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