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Many moons ago I endured a course entitled “Western Civilization.” The class was way “woke” before anyone knew of the word as a staple of PC discourse. That was because the professor was down on Western Civilization and did his utmost to ensure that us callow Western youth were imbued with a debilitating guilt complex.
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Navigating the professional world today, I’ve heard the word career used countless times. But only after years of hearing the word used did I consider the term’s actual meaning and significance. In fact, years ago, it was actually a comment on an Intellectual Takeout article that pointed out something that has stuck with me ever
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If someone were to ask you to think of either extreme of the political spectrum, odds are you would immediately picture a swastika at one end, and a hammer and sickle at the other. Regardless of your views of the left-right paradigm, or whether you subscribe to horseshoe theory or not, we (rightfully) tend to
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It’s become common to point out that those who most preach “tolerance” are often themselves highly “intolerant.” But why is that? As University of Texas professor and ethics expert J. Budziszewski explains, it may have a lot to do with tolerance’s character as a virtue. Let me explain. Or rather, I’ll explain Budziszewski’s explanation from his excellent
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Technology and the internet have been around for a while now, but the notion that one needs to be constantly engaged with the virtual world is a relatively new development. The virtual world has gone from a valuable, pragmatic tool to a way of life. It seems as if there is no way to actively
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It seems that no matter where we turn in modern life we can see how modern conveniences have chipped away at the skills so many used to pride themselves on. Of course, in and of themselves, modern conveniences aren’t bad—I’m grateful for many of them—but when so many of us young people today don’t know
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