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  • America’s Opioid Addiction Is Worse Than You Think

    America’s Opioid Addiction Is Worse Than You Think0

    By now, most Americans know that the United States has seen a sharp increase in opioid-overdose deaths over the past decade. The opioid problem is indeed global. In Afghanistan, for example, a major if not the major source of funding for the Taliban is the sale of poppies, the opium derived from them, and the chemical paste containing it, which are the materials for making heroin. But

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  • A Bunch of Burke Quotes

    A Bunch of Burke Quotes0

    Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.   To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.   The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.   The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but

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  • Why Did Dante’s Inferno Have a Real-Life Saint in Hell?

    Why Did Dante’s Inferno Have a Real-Life Saint in Hell?0

    If one were asked to name the greatest work of literature of all time, there would be only a handful of serious contenders. Both of Homer’s classics would make the short list. Perhaps Virgil’s epic would also qualify. Possibly one or two of Shakespeare’s tragedies. And there is little doubt that Dante’s magnum opus, The

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  • Which Roman Emperor Are You?

    Which Roman Emperor Are You?0

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  • What was behind Couric’s Editing Fudge on Gun Violence?

    What was behind Couric’s Editing Fudge on Gun Violence?0

    Esteemed journalist Katie Couric was caught inserting an eight-second “beat” into a documentary film on gun violence in America. In the documentary film, titled Under the Gun, members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) were asked about the ability of convicted felons and people whose names appear on terrorist watch lists to purchase guns.

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  • The Migrant Crisis Presents a Moral Dilemma

    The Migrant Crisis Presents a Moral Dilemma0

    During the three-day Memorial Day weekend, as Americans grilled meat and sipped ice-cold beer and Coca-Cola, more than 700 migrants from Africa died when their unseaworthy boats sank in the Mediterranean Sea on the way to Europe. Although a U.N. official named in the linked article called that “a very intense and exceptional week for

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  • Salman Rushdie’s Surprising Advice to Schools Today

    Salman Rushdie’s Surprising Advice to Schools Today0

    Sir Salman Rushdie is in the news again for making controversial comments. Luckily for him, these comments are unlikely to land him in the uncomfortable position of a fatwa on his head, as was the case when he angered the Muslim community with his Satanic Verses novel. However, these comments may be a bit unpopular

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  • Is A Critical Thinking Gap Driving Income Inequality?

    Is A Critical Thinking Gap Driving Income Inequality?0

    There is an unrelenting tide of new information that is being pushed by an ever increasing set of sources. Along with this crush of data is the certainty that much of it is inaccurate or a misrepresentation. With that understanding it is more important than ever that citizens are critical thinkers to sort out the

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  • Helen Keller’s Reading Program Might Help Today’s Students

    Helen Keller’s Reading Program Might Help Today’s Students0

    When Helen Keller died on June 1st of 1968 at the age of 87, she left behind an incredible legacy as a person who overcame three major disabilities to become a celebrated author and speaker. As she herself attested, this incredible legacy was made possible by her teacher, Anne Sullivan, who opened up a world

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