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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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With Euthanasia Soon Available for Drug Addicts, What Is the Value of Life in Canada?1
- Culture, International
- October 25, 2023
In 2021, more than 10,000 Canadians were euthanized—a tenfold increase from 2016 when the practice was first legalized. Assisted suicide was originally adopted in Canada as a solution for people facing “intolerable suffering” from “a grievous and irremediable medical condition” with a “reasonably foreseeable” death. Soon after, euthanasia was made available for people whose deaths
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Teaching Children to Self-Entertain 2
- Education, Entertainment, Family
- October 25, 2023
Teaching children to self-entertain is key to traditional parenting. While I totally understand the desire to occasionally use technology and screens as “babysitters,” shouldn’t parents aim to instill more sustainable and healthier alternatives? In comes teaching children to self-entertain! Essentially, self-entertainment means kids keeping themselves appropriately occupied while a parent’s attention is elsewhere. As much
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