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  • 7 Ways to Find Truth in a Clickbait World

    7 Ways to Find Truth in a Clickbait World0

    Whether it’s the hype about the MoMo Challenge, the Jussie Smollett hate-crime hoax, the Fyre Festival swindle, or politicians scaring us to blazes about this or that emergency, it’s hard to distinguish fact from fiction and prudent ideas from rash action.   We live in a time when too much of our news resembles something

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  • Life Lessons from a Modern-Day Lighthouse Keeper

    Life Lessons from a Modern-Day Lighthouse Keeper2

    When I was around 10 years old, my family discovered our ideal vacation spot in northern Minnesota. As tent campers, we loved that there were no RVs allowed. As lovers of peaceful nature, we loved that each of the 20 campsites were secluded. And as fans of Lake Superior, we loved that many of the

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  • The Carl Jung Behind Jordan Peterson

    The Carl Jung Behind Jordan Peterson0

    With Sigmund Freud, the Swiss psychologist Carl G. Jung (1875-1961) pioneered studies of the human unconscious. After he famously rejected Freud’s views on religion and sexuality, he undertook a lifelong investigation of dreams, symbols, and archetypes to tie modernity to age-old images and traditions. What the human psyche craves are faith, hope, love, and insight.

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  • Media Hostility Could Help Trump Win Reelection

    Media Hostility Could Help Trump Win Reelection0

    Numerous high-profile investigations, including new probes just announced by Democrats in the House of Representatives, add to uncertainty about President Trump’s election prospects in 2020. Nevertheless, a strong case can be made that a hostile media environment will actually make the president’s reelection highly likely. Although I have been a student of politics for decades, having

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  • I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham.

    I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham.1

    Four years ago, I wrote about my decision to live as a woman in The New York Times, writing that I had wanted to live “authentically as the woman that I have always been,” and had “effectively traded my white male privilege to become one of America’s most hated minorities.” Three years ago, I decided that

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  • Seven Ways to Remain Sane in an Age of Insanity

    Seven Ways to Remain Sane in an Age of Insanity0

    As society becomes more and more radicalized—some might say more demented—advocating ever-greater government control, denigrating the Bill of Rights, calling for the abolition of the Electoral College, and touting a Green New Deal that would impoverish millions, some commentators fear that the country will soon be in the hands of extremists intent on its destruction.

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