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Is Halloween a Christian Holiday?4
- Religion, Culture
- October 30, 2023
Conventional wisdom holds that Halloween is essentially a secular and pagan holiday, the result of the Christian Church appropriating an ancient Celtic harvest festival. But one strain of critical opinion tends to the view that the holiday was thoroughly Christian from the start. In the church calendar, Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve) is the beginning of
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Canada, Where Euthanasia Is Cheaper Than Health Care 1
- Culture, International
- October 27, 2023
I recently wrote about Canada’s euthanasia regime, which is set to expand in March 2024 when people with no more than a mental illness or a drug addiction will be given access to assisted suicide. Tragically, since bans on the practice were lifted in 2016, over 30,000 Canadians have been euthanized—a number that is sure
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Seeing Ourselves in the Mystical Mirror 1
- Philosophy, Literature
- October 27, 2023
Those of us who love literature are puzzled by those who are indifferent to its goodness, truth and beauty. We are perplexed by those who won’t read fiction because they want the facts and nothing but the facts. We are bemused by those who won’t read poetry, preferring prose, because they want to remain grounded
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Friday Comic: Complex 0
- Entertainment
- October 27, 2023
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The Doctor of Deconstruction: Who Is Jacques Derrida?4
- Philosophy, Western Civilization
- October 26, 2023
It seems that words today change meanings every day. For instance, the words “man” and “woman” are now taken to mean a variety of mutually exclusive realities. What was clear and simple is now conflicting and confusing. How did we arrive here, why does it matter, and who is responsible? Enter French philosopher Jacques Derrida.
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The Tyranny of Equality in Education 5
- Education
- October 26, 2023
It’s growing increasingly clear that America’s students aren’t the little geniuses we’ve always thought them to be. School after school in states across the country produce abysmally poor results. In fact, many schools are lucky if their students achieve more than 50% proficiency in the basics of reading, math, and science. Such a scenario calls
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