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Author: We’re Now Living in an ‘Age of Anger’0
- Philosophy
- August 17, 2017
According to the title of Pankaj Mishra’s latest book, we are now living in an “Age of Anger.” He writes: “[T]he current conflagration [in the world] has brought to the surface what Friedrich Nietzsche called ‘ressentiment’—‘a whole tremulous realm of subterranean revenge, inexhaustible and insatiable in outbursts… what Hannah Arendt described as a ‘tremendous increase
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Should Students Be on a First-Name Basis with Their Professors?0
- Education
- August 17, 2017
As the new school year quickly approaches, college freshmen will soon learn the proper way to address their new instructors. No longer are the go-to titles of “Mr.” and “Ms.” commonly used like they are for K-12 teachers; rather, “Professor,” “Doctor,” and first names are thrown in. The pertinent question today asks whether it’s okay
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Why Do Arranged Marriages Actually Seem to Last?0
- August 17, 2017
It was a match made… in the Mall of America, of all places. Twenty years ago, I remember reading the story of David Weinlick and Elizabeth Runze in my local paper. They barely knew each other, but were married in a showcase wedding at the Mall of America. The groom, having long been harassed by
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Kentucky Mayor Issues Open Invitation to Racists Everywhere 0
- Politics
- August 17, 2017
Okay, so the last time someone took down a Confederate monument, hundreds of racists showed up and precipitated a violent clash with anti-racist demonstrators, some of whom unwisely brought weapons themselves. The result was someone dying. So you’re the major of an arguably Southern town—Lexington, in my home state of Kentucky—and what do you do? You
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If You’re Going to Confront Fascists, Do it Jeffrey Tucker-Style (Video)0
- Culture
- August 17, 2017
If nothing else, the last week has taught the West how not to respond to white nationalism. The “Unite the Right” conference in Charlottesville touched off rounds of violence that culminated with a white supremacist, 20-year-old James Fields Jr., allegedly driving a car into a crowd and killing Heather Heyer, 32. Attorney General Jeff Sessions
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Down Syndrome in Iceland Is ‘Disappearing’ Because of Abortion 0
- Culture
- August 16, 2017
The headline is shocking: Down syndrome is virtually disappearing in Iceland. More accurately, people with Down syndrome are being eliminated in Iceland through abortion. As prenatal testing becomes more and more widespread across the world, the number of babies born with Down syndrome and other conditions has decreased because when parents opt for screening that
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