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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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How Cuba’s Dictatorship Hides its Dead Children 0
- International
- January 14, 2020
Fidel Castro, the dictator who ruled Cuba with an iron fist for almost six decades, has been dead for more than three years now. Unfortunately, his regime didn’t die alongside him. The Caribbean’s largest island is still under the burdensome yoke of communism. Since Castro took over in 1959, Castroism has been characterized by the
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When Sport Conquers Iranian Politics 0
- International
- January 14, 2020
In 2016, Kimia Alizadeh won an Olympic medal, the first in history for an Iranian woman. On Saturday she announced she is defecting to the West. Alizadeh publicized her decision in an Instagram post, reports NPR. While the post makes no mention of where she has gone, the Iranian Students News Agency reports the Netherlands is
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