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  • Humans Are Better Than Animals

    Humans Are Better Than Animals2

    Most readers upon seeing the title of this article likely thought, “Well duh.” However, The New York Times opinion page apparently needs a reminder of this basic fact of metaphysics, as philosophy professor Crispin Sartwell argues that this idea is “a good candidate for the originating idea of Western thought. And a good candidate for

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  • Effeminacy Is Not Working for the Christian Church

    Effeminacy Is Not Working for the Christian Church0

    Sitting in a pew last summer, waiting for a small funeral service to start, I saw a young woman walk to the podium and begin to speak. To my surprise, she introduced herself as the minister who would be conducting the service, and then she began to lead those gathered to remember the departed through

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  • Living Life as a Politically Correct Label

    Living Life as a Politically Correct Label0

    Back in the 1990s, I was a Sunday school teacher, a member of my parish council, a small-business owner, and a leader in my sons’ Cub Scout pack. I even put in a year coaching five-year-olds in soccer, though what I knew about the sport could have been penned on a “Sticky Note,” one of

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  • Recognizing Three Elements of True Learning

    Recognizing Three Elements of True Learning0

    A smile came to my face as I drove past a school this morning. No longer was it a desolate ghost town; instead, I had to navigate a long line of cars and buses waiting to turn into the parking lot to drop children off. While it’s good to see kids going back to school,

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  • Arming Children for the Battle of Prepackaged Thinking

    Arming Children for the Battle of Prepackaged Thinking0

    “I’m so glad to be back in the classroom!” a young high school student told me the other day. Her enthusiasm is understandable. As one of the first students to get back to some form of normalcy in public schooling, she’s probably the envy of many others who want to be in person with their

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  • The Greatest Fear of Those Who Rule Us

    The Greatest Fear of Those Who Rule Us0

    Rush Limbaugh passed away on Ash Wednesday at age 70. I heard that news on the radio after leaving noon services at my church. At first, I felt a profound sadness and a touch of anger. The past year has thrown a barrage of punches at Americans. For those who loved Limbaugh’s program—I only listened

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