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  • Rome and the Decline and Fall … of Bureaucracy?

    Rome and the Decline and Fall … of Bureaucracy?0

    We have all heard the comparison between the fall of Rome and the current state of decline in America. The comparison is often repeated, and its warning should not be forgotten. One writer who states this clearly is the historian Thomas Cahill. Writing on Roman decline in the book How the Irish Saved Civilization, Cahill

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  • Genetically Modified Babies? The Future Is Now

    Genetically Modified Babies? The Future Is Now0

    Designer babies are looking more and more like a reality whose time is imminent. Piggybacking on recent research which allows scientists “to rewrite the DNA bound up in living cells,” an ethics panel in the U.K. just released a report which suggests this maneuvering of genetics is “morally permissible.” The announcement does not come without

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  • Elon Musk and the Excessive Adoration of Technology Visionaries

    Elon Musk and the Excessive Adoration of Technology Visionaries0

    Elon Musk is one of the most admired men in America. He founded Tesla, SpaceX, and numerous other entrepreneurial ventures that have captured the public’s hearts and imaginations. Who wouldn’t get excited about spaceships and the possibility of colonizing Mars?  But people look to Musk for far more than just his technological vision. The internet

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  • The Art of Beautification: The Graces of Ordinary Life

    The Art of Beautification: The Graces of Ordinary Life0

    The beautification of life, the highest “household art” of making people happy and places pretty, also encompasses the adornment of the soul. Because life is more than work, economics, and money, the life of the heart and spirit need constant replenishment… What do decorating a room, wearing tasteful clothes, expressing cheerfulness, offering friendship, enjoying Mayday,

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  • James Monroe is the Latest Victim of the PC Culture

    James Monroe is the Latest Victim of the PC Culture0

    In the latest move in what Politico has dubbed the “Nomenclature Wars,” a St. Paul school is considering scrubbing its namesake, President James Monroe, due to his slave-owning past. Matching similar trends around the country, this change is motivated by concern that the school name might not reflect the values of the community. In a

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  • Should Immigrants be Required to Learn English?

    Should Immigrants be Required to Learn English?0

    One of the most popularly cited silly laws in my home state is a prohibition on crossing state lines with a duck atop one’s head. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on whether you see it from the perspective of the duck or the individual wearing said duck, this so-called law is bogus. An urban legend. There are,

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