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  • Why Not Having Habits Makes You Miserable

    Why Not Having Habits Makes You Miserable0

    As distant children of the Enlightenment and Age of Reason, we still highly value the ideals of self-determination, freedom from structure, and independence from the past. These things are good—but only to a certain extent. The process of maturity eventually reveals that one is never entirely independent of the past, that the absence of any

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  • Why are people starting to believe in UFOs again?

    Why are people starting to believe in UFOs again?0

    The 1990s were a high-water mark for public interest in UFOs and alien abduction. Shows like “The X-Files” and Fox’s “alien autopsy” hoax were prime-time events, while MIT even hosted an academic conference on the abduction phenomenon. But in the first decade of the 21st century, interest in UFOs began to wane. Fewer sightings were

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  • What Does Healthy Democracy Look Like?

    What Does Healthy Democracy Look Like?0

    Surely nobody in this day and age has the temerity to suggest that there’s anything wrong with democracy? Surely I am not doing so? Well, it depends what exactly we mean by democracy. As always, it’s important that we define our terms. Democracy means the rule of the people (Demos = People). The rule of

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  • 7 Daily Habits from Booker T. Washington

    7 Daily Habits from Booker T. Washington0

    We live in a world that’s increasingly filled with chaotic problems such as poverty, broken families, racial tensions, and political unrest. It’s not unusual for people who find themselves in such situations to react in one of the following ways: Lash out in anger and demand justice. Throw in the towel and seek seclusion in

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  • ‘Why are we so miserable?’

    ‘Why are we so miserable?’0

    Over at Crisis Magazine, Professor Anne Maloney, who teaches philosophy at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota, shared some of what she’s seen happening to young women on college campuses with the advent of the hook-up culture. If it’s an indication of what’s happening more broadly, we may want to start questioning

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  • It’s Not Just Trump Who Thinks America is in Decline

    It’s Not Just Trump Who Thinks America is in Decline0

    As you well know, at least part of Donald Trump’s campaign success has been due to his slogan “Make America Great Again.” The implication behind the slogan is that America is in decline. After all, as professor Noah Smith pointed out earlier this year, “you can’t ‘make America great again’ unless America isn’t-so-great right now.”

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