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Mass Shootings Aren’t Growing More Common – and Evidence Contradicts Common Stereotypes About the Killers 0
- Culture
- August 7, 2019
When 22 people were killed in El Paso, Texas, and nine more were killed in Dayton, Ohio, roughly 12 hours later, responses to the tragedy included many of the same myths and stereotypes Americans have grown used to hearing in the wake of a mass shooting. As part of my work as a psychology researcher,
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Why Only Villains Are Running for President 0
- Culture
- August 7, 2019
Steven Pressfield has written best-selling historical fiction books such as Gates of Fire and Tides of War. He writes nonfiction as well; and in my development as a writer, few books have helped me more than Pressfield’s The War of Art. When Pressfield talks about writing, I listen. Recently he wrote a series of blog
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Going to the Chapel? Not Anymore.0
- Culture
- August 7, 2019
Wedding planning is consuming the minds of several of my friends. The dress. The caterer. The flowers. The location! When asked about this last essential, one friend gets big eyes, puts on a mysterious voice and says: “We’re doing something really novel. We’re getting married in… A CHURCH!” This response draws laughter, but it’s quite
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Breaking Old Habits: Millennials Make the Nun Run 0
- Culture
- August 6, 2019
I was taken aback at the headlining article on ESPN this weekend. It wasn’t about kneeling football players. Instead, one might say it was about a kneeling basketball player: Shelly Pennefather. Pennefather, a former All-American player for Villanova, turned down a professional basketball career to join the cloistered convent of the Poor Clares. ESPN captured
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Apocalypse Now: Be Careful What You Wish For 0
- International
- August 6, 2019
On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later, another American aircraft dropped a bomb on Nagasaki. Six days later, the Japanese government surrendered unconditionally to the United States and her allies. Historians have long debated whether this use of nuclear weapons was
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Baltimore Is a Mess. Here Are 3 Big Issues the City Faces 0
- Politics
- August 6, 2019
Baltimore is dysfunctional. This is essentially what President Donald Trump tweeted out in less pleasant terms that became a national story. In a series of tweets, Trump lambasted Rep. Elijah Cummings, D.-Md., and his congressional district in Baltimore, calling it a “dangerous and filthy place.” Rep, Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting
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