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Book Bans? Free Speech? The Hypocrisy of PEN America 2
- Literature, Culture, Politics
- June 28, 2023
Founded in 1922, PEN America has long been considered a bastion of free expression in the United States. The organization professes to hold tight to the virtue of writers freely expressing themselves, without the fear of censorship: PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United
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The Pill Increases Risk of Depression Among Young Women by 130%0
- Science
- June 28, 2023
“When you review the entirety of the literature and ask, ‘Do hormonal contraceptives cause depression?,’ the answer is definitely no.” In 2020 that was the message of Professor Katherine Wisner, a psychiatrist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Of course, some women who take contraceptive do get depressed, but Wisner and her colleagues knew why:
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‘Close to the Earth’: What America Can Learn From Irish Culture 5
- Culture, International, Western Civilization
- June 27, 2023
The average autochthonous Irishman is close to patriotism because he is close to the earth; he is close to domesticity because he is close to the earth; he is close to doctrinal theology and elaborate ritual because he is close to the earth. In short, he is close to the heavens because he is close
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Sometimes It Takes a Baby to Bring Out the Humanity in Us 1
- Family, Culture
- June 27, 2023
Air travel today might be considered the triumph of individualism. It involves people in their own bubbles rushing to destinations with little human contact. It is a case of Hobbes’ “every man against every man” as all travelers compete with each other to navigate inside the lonely crowd. All think about themselves in a climate
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Pride? The Last Thing We Need More Of 7
- Politics, Culture, Western Civilization
- June 26, 2023
Pop singers and actors can be reliably counted on to engage in voluminous virtue signaling around Pride Month. One can almost imagine directives going out telling celebrities to promote the LGBTQ ideology. No surprise then that, for example, Taylor Swift did what she did at a concert recently: Her concerts, she proclaimed, are “a celebratory
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Show The Nice Man Your Resume, Tyler 3
- Culture, Family
- June 26, 2023
A recent front page article in The Wall Street Journal chronicles a problem that seems to be a sign of the times: parents accompanying their kids on job interviews. And calling their kids’ bosses to demand better treatment. And showing up at their kids’ jobs to fight their battles. These stories can seem apocryphal, but
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