Culture

Politics and Compassion: Finding Common Ground Through Empathy 3
- Culture, Politics
- November 1, 2023
While liberals tend to view conservatives as cold-hearted, rule-bound, and self-interested, right-wingers often consider left-wingers irrational, sensitive, and destructive. Both characterizations, are, of course, exaggerations, and they fail to recognize the political common ground of human empathy and compassion. In the far-off days before he was famous, Jordan Peterson, along with some colleagues, published research
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Why Are People Ripping Down Israeli Hostage Posters?1
- Culture, Western Civilization
- October 31, 2023
Of the many troubling protests seen since the Hamas pogrom of October 7, surely among the most callous are those involving pro-Palestine activists ripping down posters of Israeli hostages. Some 235 Israelis were taken captive by Hamas terrorists, according to the American Jewish Committee. To date, only four abductees have been released. Of course, this
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Is Halloween a Christian Holiday?4
- Religion, Culture
- October 30, 2023
Conventional wisdom holds that Halloween is essentially a secular and pagan holiday, the result of the Christian Church appropriating an ancient Celtic harvest festival. But one strain of critical opinion tends to the view that the holiday was thoroughly Christian from the start. In the church calendar, Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve) is the beginning of
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Canada, Where Euthanasia Is Cheaper Than Health Care 1
- Culture, International
- October 27, 2023
I recently wrote about Canada’s euthanasia regime, which is set to expand in March 2024 when people with no more than a mental illness or a drug addiction will be given access to assisted suicide. Tragically, since bans on the practice were lifted in 2016, over 30,000 Canadians have been euthanized—a number that is sure
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With Euthanasia Soon Available for Drug Addicts, What Is the Value of Life in Canada?1
- Culture, International
- October 25, 2023
In 2021, more than 10,000 Canadians were euthanized—a tenfold increase from 2016 when the practice was first legalized. Assisted suicide was originally adopted in Canada as a solution for people facing “intolerable suffering” from “a grievous and irremediable medical condition” with a “reasonably foreseeable” death. Soon after, euthanasia was made available for people whose deaths
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Gun Control Advocates Ignore What the Founding Fathers Really Thought 4
- Culture, History
- October 25, 2023
In all my years of existence, the Second Amendment of our Constitution has always been considered controversial. Opponents claim it is the cause of gun violence. Proponents assert that it helps guarantee freedom and safety. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep
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