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  • Ban Burqas? Don’t be Too Hasty

    Ban Burqas? Don’t be Too Hasty0

    The Netherlands parliament recently banned facial coverings (including burqas and niqabs) in some public place. But isn’t such a ban a direct attack on Muslims and their religious freedom?   That depends on which side you talk to. As one German news outlet puts it: “Proponents of the law argue it was necessary for security

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  • Miss Manners Rescues Civilization: A Forlorn Hope

    Miss Manners Rescues Civilization: A Forlorn Hope0

    By now, unless you have spent the past two decades living as a Venusian, you are aware that good manners in the public square and in social media are at rock bottom. In addition to the kooks attacking speakers in colleges, mobs surrounding and screaming at members of Donald Trump’s cabinet when they appear in

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  • Coming to a Nation Near You, Starbucks Racial Bias Training

    Coming to a Nation Near You, Starbucks Racial Bias Training0

    Here in America, Starbucks’ shut down all of its stores for nearly a half day on May 29 to conduct racial bias training in response to a much-publicized incident in one of its stores. The program encouraged employees to speak their truth, honor other people’s truth and be “color brave”. Reading through the 68-page team

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  • Schools Have Created a Generation of Permit Pattys and BBQ Beckys

    Schools Have Created a Generation of Permit Pattys and BBQ Beckys0

    It seems like every week there’s a new Permit Patty (a grown woman who called the police on an eight-year-old selling water without a permit), BBQ Becky (another grown woman who called the police on a man BBQing without a permit), or someone who calls the police on a lemonade stand. Beyond being an irritant and

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  • Why ‘Boring’ Summers are the Latest Trend in Parenting

    Why ‘Boring’ Summers are the Latest Trend in Parenting0

    A dear friend of mine grew up in a large family and long summer days are one of her fond memories. Her mother would shoo the entire clan out the door and tell them to go play. They were not to come back inside unless it was an emergency. If they were thirsty, they could

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  • 3 Ways to be a Great Friend as Told by Alcuin of York

    3 Ways to be a Great Friend as Told by Alcuin of York0

    If you are looking for “rules for life,” then you might want to start with Alcuin of York, an 8th century cleric. Never heard of him? You should have. Alcuin was Charlemagne’s secretary of education and the driving force behind the “Carolingian Renaissance.” Charlemagne, the First Holy Roman Emperor (815), was convinced that a revival

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