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Surviving Suffering Like a Champ 0
- Culture
- December 20, 2021
When a friend challenged me to a reading contest on Goodreads a couple of years ago, I was reluctant. Did I really want my reading selections broadcast on the internet for friends and strangers to see? Despite this qualm, my arm was twisted, and I began recording the books I read, often giving them a
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Taking a Breather From the Culture Wars Via Holiday Romance 0
- Culture
- December 17, 2021
Good grief! What has happened to me? In the past week, I read A Christmas Courtship, by Shelly Shepard Gray, intending to review this romantic holiday novel for the Smoky Mountain News before realizing it would be too late for the holiday shopping season. Not only that, but in some fit
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Biden Holds a Losing Hand 0
- Politics
- December 17, 2021
As President Joe Biden’s poll numbers sank this fall, and the presidentially ambitious in his party began to stir, the White House put out the word. Forget all that 2020 campaign chatter about Biden being a “transitional president.” He intends to run and win a second term. Well, perhaps. Yet, skepticism abounds. First, if Biden
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The Truth About Gender IQ Differences 19
- Culture
- December 16, 2021
In all the brouhaha about diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, and woke politics, the fact that there are real, observable differences between the sexes is often overlooked. This is particularly the case when it comes to the “intelligence quotient” or IQ. Everything else under the sun has been mentioned, over and over again, as an
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Illusions and Falsehoods Are Destroying America 0
- Culture
- December 15, 2021
As Pontius Pilate nears the end of his interrogation in the most fateful trial in history, Jesus says, “Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” To which Pilate replies, “What is truth?” Or as some might say today, “I have my truth, you have your
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Five Rules for Finding Purpose in Life 0
- Culture
- December 14, 2021
Today’s world is so full of fools who have turned the world into a chaotic mess, that the most basic, common-sense statements become nuggets of profound wisdom. I almost stood up and cheered when I came across one of these the other day. The statement in question was made by Abigail Shrier, an Oxford and
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