Culture

Memento Mori: Fear in the Age of Coronavirus 0
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- May 15, 2020
Memento mori. That’s Latin in short form for “Remember, you too shall die.” Recently I read Erik Larson’s The Splendid And The Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, in which he paints in vivid detail the people and the events of that time when Britain stood alone against the might of
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Patients Fearing COVID-19 Risk Their Lives By Delaying Medical Care 0
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- May 15, 2020
“Where have all the patients gone?” That’s what doctors in our West Virginia University hospitals began asking as the coronavirus pandemic spread. We were prepared for a rise in COVID-19 patients, but we didn’t expect the sharp decline we saw in everyday cases. Our emergency department visits fell by half in early April, a time
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Shock Poll: Parents ‘More Likely’ to Homeschool Post-COVID 0
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- May 15, 2020
It seems a bomb has been detonated in America’s education sector. Oh sure, there have been explosions going off the last few months as people try to adjust to alternative schooling. It’s only now, however, that we are beginning to realize how earth-shaking those explosions have really been. A new poll was released by RealClear
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The Indispensable American Family 0
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- May 14, 2020
In August 1884, Washington Gladden, possibly the most famous Christian preacher in the America of his day, wrote an article in The Century Magazine on “Three Dangers” besetting the welfare of the nation he loved. Of the first and third dangers he named, intemperance and gambling, I have little to say here. I will note
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An Open Letter to the Tyrant of Michigan 0
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- May 14, 2020
Dear Governor Whitmer, It appears the “non-essentials” are gathering to protest again today. Unfortunately, this third protest – termed “judgment day” by some, makes it a little hard for you to enjoy the contemplative life that government-mandated quarantine would seem to afford us. Yet given that this is your decision, and you have a guaranteed paycheck, I
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Curing the Global Pandemic of Loneliness 0
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- May 13, 2020
Millions of people within our country are experiencing extreme social isolation and loneliness. In a time defined by a pandemic and lockdowns, one would naturally expect people to feel this way, being cut off from family, friends, and neighbors. In actuality, the coronavirus has just exacerbated an existing pandemic that had been plaguing the United
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