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  • Should Women Settle for Mr. Good Enough?

    Should Women Settle for Mr. Good Enough?8

    Recently, a male friend who has asked me out several times sent me a Facebook message about psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb’s best-selling book Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough. He thought I might find it interesting, and whether or not this was a ploy to make me regret shooting him down remains

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  • Ivan Provorov Stands Fast in His Faith

    Ivan Provorov Stands Fast in His Faith4

    Last Tuesday night, the Philadelphia Flyers, a hockey team, participated in an LGBTQ+ Pride Night event. The team—with one exception—donned rainbow-colored jerseys as they warmed up before the game. Defenseman Ivan Provorov opted out. “I respect everybody, and I respect everybody’s choices,” he told reporters. “My choice is to stay true to myself and my

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  • Even in Our Age of Ugly, Beauty Will Survive

    Even in Our Age of Ugly, Beauty Will Survive2

    “Beauty,” wrote philosopher Roger Scruton, “is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.” Whatever we may think of Scruton’s observation, it seems clear our ideas of beauty are at best confused, at worst degraded, and always subjective. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is, of course, in

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  • Is All Change Progress? Progressives Think So.

    Is All Change Progress? Progressives Think So.9

    There seems to be a pervasive sentiment in society today that paints progress as an intellectual process which perpetually increases human fulfillment, success, and joy. All change is progress, and all progress is good, so goes the idea. This idea provides the basis for progressivism and encourages development, new ideas, and a rejection of tradition

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  • God’ll Cut You Down: Johnny Cash, Cato, and Triumphant Good

    God’ll Cut You Down: Johnny Cash, Cato, and Triumphant Good2

    In Johnny Cash’s version of the gospel song “God’s Gonna Cut You Down,” the opening chorus goes this way: “You can run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Sooner or later, God’ll cut you down Sooner or later, God’ll cut you down” Not a

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  • Five-Dollar Eggs and the Gift of Productivity

    Five-Dollar Eggs and the Gift of Productivity2

    A dozen eggs now cost five dollars at my local grocery store. I would complain, but given that some people are reporting nine dollar eggs, it seems like a better idea to just shut up, be grateful, and ration the eggs I do have. An even better move would be to consider how smart my neighbor John*

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