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Could the Bible Return to American Public Education?0
- Education
- January 15, 2020
As the 2020 election approaches in the United States, President Donald Trump is adding school prayer to the list of contentious issues up for debate. At a rally in early January he announced plans to “safeguard students’ and teachers’ First Amendment rights to pray in our schools.” On the schedule of the White House later
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‘Jack Ryan’ Gets Four Pinocchios on Venezuela 0
- Culture
- January 15, 2020
Despite Venezuela’s track record of seizing the means of production of a multitude of industries?, there are still those who have trouble calling Venezuela a socialist state. The denials are getting more creative. The most recent comes in Jack Ryan, Amazon Prime’s hit show starring John Krasinski as the protagonist from Tom Clancy’s best-selling books.
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Treasures in the Trash: Signs of Our Abundant Life 0
- Culture
- January 15, 2020
Here I am visiting with my son, his wife, and their children in Asheville, North Carolina. This morning I was outside enjoying the dawn and the crowing of the roosters when I looked with new eyes at the yellow recycling bins at the edge of their driveway. Soon I was rooting through that bin, pulling
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The Impulses Driving Transgender ‘Vandals’1
- Culture
- January 15, 2020
Want to know some surprising facts about transgenderism? Physician Michael Laidlaw has some to offer in a recent article for Public Discourse: More than 60 gender clinics have opened in the U.S. since 2007. The transgender student population is growing. Surveys show “as many as 3 percent of school kids now identify as transgender.” One
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Moral Grandstanding Might Make You a Worse Person 0
- Culture
- January 14, 2020
In an era of bitter partisanship, political infighting and ostracization of those with unpopular views, Americans actually agree on one thing: 85 percent say political discourse has gotten worse over the last several years, according to Pew Research. The polarization plays out everywhere in society, from private holiday gatherings to very public conversations on social media,
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Why Hipsters Just Might Save Romance 0
- Culture
- January 14, 2020
I recently interviewed a lovely lady for my local newspaper who was organizing our hometown’s upcoming Christmas celebration. She noted regretfully how children no longer experience the thrill of looking forward to the surprises Santa will bring. “Kids don’t have to wait for anything anymore,” she observed. “They’re used to getting everything now.” That remark got
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