Culture

Moral Education From Birmingham Jail 0
- Culture
- January 20, 2020
In an age of moral confusion, Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” offers welcome clarity. Its rhetoric still has power today, with memorable phrases like “justice too long delayed is justice denied” and “Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability.” But the heart of his argument, that man-made laws are just
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The Covington Kids’ Revenge, One Year Later 0
- Culture
- January 20, 2020
Almost to the day CNN paid out a notable cash settlement to Nick Sandmann, the Covington High School kid it defamed as a racist pup for grinning at a Native American whilst supporting President Trump, the network was one of a gaggle of MSM outlets out to spin the killing of an Iranian general – into another
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Why Failure Is a Relative State 0
- Culture
- January 20, 2020
Part of the uniqueness of the human condition is our tendency to compare each other. We compare our jobs, our possessions, and our very bodies to those of our neighbors and coworkers. “If only I had a house as big as he does…” “If only I made as much money as she is making…” “If
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One Reason for Donald Trump’s Success 0
- Culture
- January 17, 2020
Some Grinches hate America! The whole American scene! And no one quite knows the reason why they wish to vent their spleen. It could be, perhaps, that their shoes are too tight. It could be their heads aren’t screwed on just right. But I think that the most likely reason of all Is that their
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Seattle’s Happiness Problem 0
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- January 17, 2020
Early in 2019, Seattle-based TV station KOMO News released a documentary on the sorry state of the Emerald City. Seattle, it seems, has become a place of drugs, crime, and homeless encampments. Concerns about Seattle’s situation go beyond the documentary. Christopher Sandford, a Seattle journalist and author, experienced this firsthand while attending a college debate
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Why Teen Depression Rates Are Rising Faster for Girls Than Boys 0
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- January 17, 2020
We’re in the middle of a teen mental health crisis – and girls are at its epicenter. Since 2010, depression, self-harm and suicide rates have increased among teen boys. But rates of major depression among teen girls in the U.S. increased even more – from 12 percent in 2011 to 20 percent in 2017. In 2015, three
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