Culture

How One Contrarian ‘Broke’ Jeopardy! and Won $1.7 Million 0
- Culture
- May 17, 2019
For all practical purposes, the way Jeopardy! is played hasn’t changed much since Art Fleming provided the game show’s first “answer” 55 years ago. At least, that was the case until James Holzhauer took his place behind the podium earlier this year. After winning 22 consecutive games (and still winning) by an astounding average margin of $64,913,
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‘Where Do We Get Such Men?’0
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- May 17, 2019
In The Bridges At Toko-ri, the film based on James Michener’s novel about carrier pilots in the Korean War, Admiral George Tarrant watches as his pilots take off from the pitching deck to engage the enemy and asks, “Where do we get such men?” His question was relevant then and remains relevant today. Where do
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City Fines Elderly Man $30,000 Over Uncut Grass, Tries to Steal His Home 0
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- May 16, 2019
A Florida town attracted national attention last week for its efforts to fine a 69-year-old retiree nearly $30,000 and then foreclose on his home because he was unable to pay — all because he failed to cut his grass. The Tampa Bay Times reports that the city of Dunedin claims its Code Enforcement Board, which
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Most Millennials Say They’ll Be Millionaires Someday. Is Their Optimism Misplaced?0
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- May 16, 2019
Millennials are revolutionizing the economy, introducing new ways of doing business into the market, which is helping the unemployed and underemployed pay their bills. But despite their contribution, millennials are also drowning in debt — failing to pay off their student and auto loans. Despite this reality, if you ask millennials today whether they’ll ever
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Two Ways of Dying 0
- Culture
- May 15, 2019
Editor’s note: The world recently lost philosopher and humanitarian Jean Vanier. Among Vanier’s many accomplishments is the founding of L’Arche, an organization and community which fostered the dignity and personhood of disabled individuals through personal relationships with “non-disabled peers.” One of the individuals involved in L’Arche was Jim Skerl, the man featured in the piece
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Where Are the Good Christian Men?1
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- May 15, 2019
Today in Sydney I met Anna Hitchings, who is handling media for me on this week-long trip to Australia. She’s a Catholic journalist who caused a big stir here last week with this article wanting to know where in the heck are the Christian men worth dating? Excerpts: We are living in a unique time in history.
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