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Inquisition Torture: Not what you think?0
- Culture
- October 27, 2017
It is almost fifty years since the “Spanish Inquisition” sketch by Monty Python’s Flying Circus was first aired on British television. Today its catchphrase, “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition,” has an enshrined place in popular culture. It is, however, ironic that the well-known catchphrase contradicts the grim reality of life in our increasingly secular culture.
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It’s Time for the Supreme Court to Take Up the Second Amendment Again, Scholars Say 0
- Politics
- October 26, 2017
Because the Second Amendment protects the right to bear all arms in common lawful use, any law that limits that right has to pass certain standards to be constitutionally permissible. The courts haven’t yet ironed out exactly what kind of scrutiny laws implicating the Second Amendment must pass, but such laws must have an important
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We Live in an Era of Mass Delusion 0
- Culture
- October 26, 2017
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The Problem with the Moana Costume Isn’t Cultural Appropriation 0
- Culture
- October 26, 2017
In an utterly unsurprising development, social justice warriors are now not only dictating to American adults what they can wear on Halloween, but children as well. Social convention was once to abstain from culturally insensitive garb like “black face,” but thanks to politically correct scolds, the social expectation of what is acceptable and what is
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Taking Ta-Nehisi Coates Seriously 0
- Economics
- October 26, 2017
In June 2014, Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote a feature in the Atlantic arguing that the terrible history of blacks in the United States justified reparations. Many consider this a radical proposition. Yet critical reaction was mild. Kevin Williamson, writing in National Review, disagreed with Coates’ proposal but was impressed with the “beautifully written monograph,” describing the
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‘Porn Star’: Why We Should Probably Lose the Term 0
- Culture
- October 26, 2017
A few years ago, an 18-year old Duke University student named Miriam Weeks began performing in pornographic films for $1,300 per scene to make ends meet. Today she is better known by her nom de porn: Belle Knox. The story created a national stir, especially after Weeks, who said she began shooting porn because tuition
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