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Does Gender ‘Equality’ Degrade Both Sexes?0
- Culture
- July 6, 2016
If you’ve noticed that men are increasingly getting a bad rap in today’s world, you’re not alone. According to Washington Post journalist Cathy Young, men are routinely blamed for almost any habit or trait they have – whether good or bad. Such an attitude, Young says, is damaging not only to men, but for women
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8 Penetrating Quotes from Elie Wiesel0
- Culture
- July 6, 2016
1) “Time does not heal all wounds; there are those that remain painfully open.” 2) “If you ask me what I want to achieve, it’s to create an awareness, which is already the beginning of teaching.” 3) “Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.” 4) “I don’t believe in accidents. There are only encounters in
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What we lose when we photograph life instead of experiencing it1
- Culture
- July 5, 2016
At a conference on June 14, Facebook executive Nicola Mendelsohn predicted that the social networking site would be “all video” within five years. “We’re seeing a year-on-year decline of text,” she said. “If I was having a bet, I’d say: video, video, video.” Meanwhile, a recent article in The New York Times chronicled the lives
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Is Society Destroying the Kind of Women Men Want?0
- Culture
- July 5, 2016
Several months ago, I wrote a short piece asking whether or not men still “admire, respect, and value the women who don’t chase after or toy with them.” The question spawned from various works of classic literature and movies such as Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, which finds the heroine’s quiet, non-attention-grabbing ways captivating the heart
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History: Don’t Expect Much from ‘The Masses’0
- Culture
- July 5, 2016
In the movie Gladiator, when Maximus enters the arena to boisterous cheers from the crowd, the jealous Commodus laments, “They embrace him like he’s one of their own.” His sister Lucilla responds, “The mob is fickle, brother. He’ll be forgotten in a month.” The mob is fickle. With these words, the character Lucilla succinctly expresses
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Can You Recognize The Book By Only One Single Detail?0
- Entertainment
- July 5, 2016
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Brexit: Could it happen in the United States?0
- Culture
- July 5, 2016
Could Brexit happen in the United States? Could we see something similar on this side of the Pond? Imagine the imperialism of the European Parliament and then place it beside the imperialism of the Federal Government. Imagine the way in which the European Court crushes the laws of the member states of the European Union
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Benjamin Franklin: America’s ‘Founding Physician’0
- Education
- July 5, 2016
When Benjamin Franklin deferred to Thomas Jefferson in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, he did so for multiple reasons. He wished to avoid the annoyance of being edited by the committee of the whole Continental Congress, as Jefferson was, to Jefferson’s great distress. Franklin sought to ensure the support of Jefferson’s Virginia for
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Are Children’s Lives Becoming Too Structured?0
- Culture
- July 5, 2016
In her new book Balanced and Barefoot, occupational therapist Angela Hanscom makes some interesting observations about the state children are in today. She writes: “When I asked a few teachers about the play skills of children today compared to children thirty years ago, here is what one said: ‘There is less imaginary play. We used
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