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Should Parents Stop Paying for Their Kid’s College?0
- Culture
- September 26, 2016
There’s an unwritten rule of parenting in today’s society and it goes something like this: All good parents pay for their child’s college tuition. This rule was most recently exemplified in a headline from The Telegraph, which read, “Parents ‘expected to pay up to £5,372 a year’ towards university costs,” an amount which translates to
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The Reason America Fell in Love With Zombies Again 0
- Culture
- September 26, 2016
This March, another season of The Walking Dead will come to a close, much to the chagrin of its devoted fan base. The show’s success in particular, and the prevalence of zombie-themed shows in general, has led me and many others to ask: Why zombies? Why now? Surprisingly, the reasons for zombies’ popularity are not
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Should People Still Be Free to Argue That Homosexuality is ‘Wrong’?0
- Culture
- September 26, 2016
Christianity is known for traditionally teaching that homosexuality is wrong and therefore a sin. This past weekend Richard Swinburne—a famous Christian philosopher—argued that homosexuality is wrong. He argued this in his keynote address he was invited to give at the Midwest Society of Christian Philosophers. Doesn’t seem all that controversial, right? However, Swinburne’s arguments triggered
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Famous Educator: Schools Have Become ‘Intellectually Chaotic’1
- Culture
- September 23, 2016
Most parents and taxpayers don’t know it, but most schools don’t know what they’re teaching. I can’t count the number of times I have been talking to a public school teacher and they will say to me, “Well, I’ve got to go now and do my lesson planning.” “Lesson planning?” I will say. “Why do
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What the New Pagans and Christians Have in Common 1
- Culture
- September 23, 2016
Today is the Fall Equinox, and it is being welcomed by some throwback pagan celebrations. It has become commonplace among many Christians to quickly denounce these neo-pagan rituals and the people who participate in them. They see the increasing visibility of paganism as a fruit of secularism and a sign that the West is descending
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Is Technology Addiction the New Barbarism?1
- Culture
- September 23, 2016
I have often been called a Luddite. It’s not a very nice word and it’s not a very nice thing to be called. For those who have no idea what the word means, the original Luddites were workers during the early years of the Industrial Revolution who smashed machinery in factories because they believed it
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