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Ignoring Boy Rape 0
- September 22, 2015
The New York Times and other media outlets are reporting on a disturbing story about Afghan allies raping boys, even on American bases, and American soldiers being punished for speaking out against the practice. Here’s a revolting bit of the story: “‘At night we can hear them screaming, but we’re not allowed to do anything
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What Would You Do if $1,300 Showed Up in Your Pizza Delivery Box?0
- September 22, 2015
Ben Franklin once famously said, “Honesty is the best policy.” A California man recently discovered the truth of that statement. According to CBS Sacramento, Mike Vegas had several items from Domino’s Pizza delivered to his house the other day. When he went back to eat the leftovers, he discovered he had received a bonus. A
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Well, This 1835 Warning to America Was on Target 0
- September 22, 2015
A passage from Alexis de Tocqueville’s 1835 classic Democracy in America. It’s from chapter 6 entitled “What Sort Of Despotism Democratic Nations Have To Fear”: “I seek to trace the novel features under which despotism may appear in the world. The first thing that strikes the observation is an innumerable multitude of men all equal and alike,
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New Yorker Skewers PC Culture in Recreation of “Lord of the Flies”0
- September 21, 2015
In an effort to spread tolerance, the new PC culture is becoming increasingly intolerable. Joe Keohane effectively skewers this culture in a satirical piece for the New Yorker entitled “Politically Correct ‘Lord of the Flies.’” In the piece, Keohane recreates a scene on the beach from the famous William Golding novel, but this time, with
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Should Children Address Adults as Mr. or Mrs.?0
- September 21, 2015
When was the last time you addressed someone by their last name? If you’re like most of society, it’s probably been a while, even if you are an individual under the age of 18. After pondering the decline of Mr. and Mrs. the other day, I was pleasantly surprised to see Danielle Larkins address the
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Is It Time for a New Renaissance?0
- September 21, 2015
We live in an age that is committed to a form of “progress” that disavows the past. It is an age that paradoxically attempts to build upward by destroying foundations. Recently, I came across a very brief essay that profoundly touches upon this disturbing trend. The essay is by the 19th century Russian thinker Vladimir
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