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Jo Cox: looking at refugees with a mother’s heart0
- Culture
- June 17, 2016
The tragic death of British Labour MP Jo Cox yesterday brought to light a powerful speech that she made in April asking the government to accept thousands of child refugees. Mrs Cox, 41 and the mother of two young children, was murdered by a crazed loner wielding a gun and a knife while she was visiting her
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Americans are dying at a greater rate0
- Culture
- June 17, 2016
Over the last couple of months we’ve brought you grim news from the USA. First there was the story of the rapid rise in the mortality rate of middle aged white Americans mainly driven by suicide, drugs and alcohol. Secondly, there was last month’s report on the rise by 24% in the suicide rate of all Americans from 1999
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8 Truth-Bombs from Thomas Paine0
- History
- June 17, 2016
1) “When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” 2) “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” 3) “Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.” 4) “It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.”
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1945 Orwell Essay: A Description of Modern America?0
- Culture
- June 17, 2016
I’m a huge sucker for the 4th of July. You name it: flags, Americana music, historical trivia – I revel in almost anything patriotic. But while the love for one’s country is a commendable quality, can it sometimes be taken to an extreme? Can it squelch rational thought and objective reasoning? This question came to me
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‘Just Be You’: Our Culture’s Sad Embrace of Moral Anarchy3
- Culture
- June 17, 2016
Earlier this week, traveling back home from California and during a layover at Dallas/Fort Worth, I decided to draw some cash from an ATM near my departure gate. The company dispensing the cash was Chase Bank, a subsidiary of the multinational corporation, JP Morgan Chase. On the screen, in an affront to the millions of
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Why Are Basic Manners Becoming So Rare?0
- Culture
- June 16, 2016
Every so often the internet plays host to a viral sensation. One of the latest hits is a twitter post from the UK, which features a snapshot a grandson took of his grandmother’s Google search. The thing that set this Google search apart from the billions of other daily searches? The grandmother prefaced her request
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Latin America: Way more violent than the U.S.0
- Culture
- June 16, 2016
InSight Crime is “a foundation dedicated to the study of the principal threat to national and citizen security in Latin America and the Caribbean: organized crime.” Toward that end, the foundation put together a fascinating chart comparing the homicide rate between the various countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Here it is: Regarding the
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Jane Austen Vindicates the Rights of Women0
- Culture
- June 16, 2016
Jane Austen’s Lady Susan is a wrecking ball in petticoats. The main character of the new film Love and Friendship, drawn from Jane Austen’s novella Lady Susan, is a widowed mother of a marriageable daughter. She is also widely known as “the most accomplished Coquette in England.” She has a married lover. She seduces wealthy young men
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Is Islam Actually a Christian Heresy?1
- History
- June 16, 2016
Is Islam actually a Christian heresy? Was it actually not a “new religion,” but rather, a perversion of orthodox Christian teaching? 1,400 years after Mohammed supposedly received his revelation from the archangel Gabriel, it’s difficult to determine. But nevertheless, it’s interesting to note that this charge has been made by some influential figures throughout history. For
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