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Bridging the Political Rift One Face-to-face Conversation at a Time
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Uncategorized
- August 8, 2025
In May, I reported on the controversial social justice curriculum being taught to young students in Edina Public Schools—a wealthy suburban district in Minnesota considered to be among the state’s best. At Edina’s Highlands Elementary this past year, students—even kindergartners and first-graders—were made to participate in a number of projects designed to teach them about
READ MOREAs a little girl, one of my sister’s dreaded chores was sweeping the kitchen floor. Although our kitchen was relatively small, she somehow managed to make the task stretch on for… well, quite a while. Although we chuckle about it now, the task was quite torturous at the time, not only for my sister, but
READ MOREIt’s a time-honoured tradition in America, since the days of Jefferson and even before, to decry the evils of city life. One sees a great deal of this tradition in modern conservative discourse. Small-town America is the ‘real America’, the unpretentious, authentic, hardworking America with healthy values, and the big cities are full of crime
READ MOREIn the history of concentration camps, there is one thing that everyone knows: they were invented by the British. The idea of isolating unwanted population groups in purpose-built camps was implemented in South Africa in the context of the Anglo-Boer War, with horrific consequences for the Boer population. Although it would be left to the
READ MOREOnce I was talking with a friend when he remarked that in rugby, there are fewer injuries per player than in the football. This seemed spurious to me, because football players have helmets and padding, while rugby players have none. Wouldn’t more protective gear reduce the likelihood of injury especially when compared to the unprotected
READ MOREBy now, you may have heard of the New Zealand man, Mark Cropp, who made a desperate plea for a job on Facebook. His lack of employment was not due to his lack of muscle, nor his will to work, nor even his past criminal record. It was due to a tattoo. As Cropp’s picture
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