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Pandemic Through the Eyes of a Globalist 0
- Culture
- March 17, 2020
Nearly 50 years ago, philosopher Thomas Nagel published a now-classic thought experiment on the nature of consciousness. “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?” is an attempt to do what is ultimately impossible: to see the world through the eyes of another sentient being. Whether Nagel succeeded is anyone’s guess. (The bat lobby has
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Government COVID-19 Tests Were Awful, Now Private Labs Are Saving the Day 0
- Economics
- March 17, 2020
The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus a global pandemic. As of Friday afternoon, there are 132,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19 worldwide, and the global death toll has topped 5,000 people. The fast-spreading virus claimed 196 lives in Italy, on Tuesday alone. At this time, 90 percent of all cases are in four countries:
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How C.S. Lewis Would Tell Us to Handle Coronavirus 0
- Culture
- March 16, 2020
Last week I saw a C.S. Lewis quote shared on social media. I’d seen this quote from his essay “On Living in an Atomic Age” before, but shrugged it off as a nice thought that didn’t really apply any more. Never mind. Swap out “atomic bomb” for “coronavirus” and the relevance of the quote becomes
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You May Think You Like Socialism, but You’re Probably Not a Socialist at Heart 0
- Culture
- March 16, 2020
Did you ever have to do a big project with another classmate in elementary or high school? If so, did you find sometimes you were the one doing all the work while your teammate didn’t do much other than share in the good grade you earned? How did that make you feel? Probably angry and
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The New York Times Begins Correcting the Historical Record on ‘1619 Project’0
- History
- March 16, 2020
“I have been thinking about this and reading obsessively for 25 years about all the inequalities in American life that can be traced back to slavery,” Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times told an audience at Harvard in December. Now the Times admits: Her obsession bested her reason. On March 11, the Times issued a correction to
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Harry, Meghan, and the Real Reason for Megxit 0
- Culture
- March 16, 2020
So farewell Prince Harry. Goodbye Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Amid the glare of camera flash, the royal couple completed their final public engagements in the U.K. and, at the end of this month, will embark upon their new lives as private citizens. It was fun while it lasted. The only charitable response to what has
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