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Surprised (and Saddened) by Joy0
- History
- July 18, 2016
Out of My Bone: The Letters of Joy Davidman, ed. by Don W. King (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009) I’ve spent the better part of my career as a historian and a writer, reading personal letters, memoirs, and autobiographies. I count it among one of the greatest pleasures in this life to be able to
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Research Suggests Traumatic ‘Memories’ can be Inherited0
- Education
- July 18, 2016
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta have found promising data showing that it’s possible for certain information to be biologically inherited by offspring, due to chemical changes in one’s DNA. Trials using mice discovered that traumatic and stressful experiences, and the emotions that are felt during them, can be passed down
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Policing Was Militarized from the Start0
- Culture
- July 18, 2016
“Do you see this soldier in this checkpoint?” complained Iraqi resident Wael al-Khafaji, pointing to a spot just a few feet from his Baghdad barbershop. “He can do whatever he wants to me right now and I can’t say a word. Is this democracy?” Before the U.S. invasion, this businessman – like millions of other
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How Machiavellian Are You?0
- Entertainment
- July 18, 2016
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Are Churches to Blame for Today’s Political Candidates?0
- Culture
- July 18, 2016
Last week Pew Research came out with a new survey on the relationship between religion and politics. Ahead of the election, it’s particularly interesting to note the level of influence Americans believe churches should have in politics. Nearly two out of three Americans are solidly against churches endorsing a certain candidate. However, fewer Americans than
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Why are So Many Movies Based on Children’s Classics So Bad?0
- Culture
- July 15, 2016
The director Steven Spielberg is a cultural juggernaut. After decades of hit movies such as Jaws, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Saving Private Ryan, and many more, he would seem like the perfect choice to translate a beloved children’s story to the big screen. Alas, although the anticipation surrounding Spielberg’s collaboration with Walt Disney
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Who Wrote This Medieval Literary Classic?0
- Education
- July 15, 2016
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The Hippocratic Oath doesn’t say ‘First, Do No Harm’2
- Education
- July 15, 2016
The Greek physician Hippocrates (460 – 370 BC) is considered the father of modern medicine in Western culture. It would be unusual to take an ethics class at a medical school in the United States and not here mention of the author of the Hippocratic Oath. Many people believe the Hippocratic Oath begins with
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That Alexander Hamilton Had One Messed Up Childhood1
- Entertainment
- July 15, 2016
Interest in Alexander Hamilton, the man commonly dubbed America’s “most brilliant” Founding Father, has spiked following the success of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway “>musical: Hamilton. While I’ve yet to see the musical, I have read the book that inspired Miranda’s work: Ron Chernow’s stunning biography, Alexander Hamilton. It is perhaps the single best biography I’ve read,
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