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  • A Few Activities to Survive Social Distancing

    A Few Activities to Survive Social Distancing0

    You’ve been through this kind of thing before. Pouring rain or driving snowstorms drive all the kids inside, and you really aren’t in the mood to go anywhere else. Thus arises the problem of keeping the kids entertained while still maintaining your own sanity and keeping the peace. Usually though, such a scenario only lasts

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  • Pandemic Through the Eyes of a Globalist

    Pandemic Through the Eyes of a Globalist0

    Nearly 50 years ago, philosopher Thomas Nagel published a now-classic thought experiment on the nature of consciousness. “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?” is an attempt to do what is ultimately impossible: to see the world through the eyes of another sentient being. Whether Nagel succeeded is anyone’s guess. (The bat lobby has

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  • Travel in the Time of Corona

    Travel in the Time of Corona1

    It is Friday morning, March 13th, the first day of President Trump’s ban on most Europeans’ travel to the United States. Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport is notably less busy than usual. The local news station reports the current tally at 9 a.m. Corona infections have reached 130,000 and caused 5,000 deaths in 114 countries thus

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  • Harry, Meghan, and the Real Reason for Megxit

    Harry, Meghan, and the Real Reason for Megxit0

    So farewell Prince Harry. Goodbye Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Amid the glare of camera flash, the royal couple completed their final public engagements in the U.K. and, at the end of this month, will embark upon their new lives as private citizens. It was fun while it lasted. The only charitable response to what has

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  • You May Think You Like Socialism, but You’re Probably Not a Socialist at Heart

    You May Think You Like Socialism, but You’re Probably Not a Socialist at Heart0

    Did you ever have to do a big project with another classmate in elementary or high school? If so, did you find sometimes you were the one doing all the work while your teammate didn’t do much other than share in the good grade you earned? How did that make you feel? Probably angry and

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  • How C.S. Lewis Would Tell Us to Handle Coronavirus

    How C.S. Lewis Would Tell Us to Handle Coronavirus0

    Last week I saw a C.S. Lewis quote shared on social media. I’d seen this quote from his essay “On Living in an Atomic Age” before, but shrugged it off as a nice thought that didn’t really apply any more. Never mind. Swap out “atomic bomb” for “coronavirus” and the relevance of the quote becomes

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