Culture

Atheist Community: Too Many Atheists Embracing ‘Troubling’ Morals 0
- Culture
- June 6, 2018
In recent years, the atheist movement in North America has begun to experience institutional rot. For example, in May, “Eiynah,” an ex-Muslim atheist based in Toronto, Canada, denounced at her Nice Mangoes blog, “blind faith, dogmatism, tribalism, homophobia, sexism, sexual abuse and harassment, transphobia ” in their movement. Darwinian atheist P. Z. Myers responded, lamenting
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Why G.K. Chesterton Feared ‘Experts’0
- Culture
- June 6, 2018
A man of great good cheer, G. K. Chesterton was well known for his sunny disposition and irrepressible sense of humor. Sunny disposition notwithstanding, Chesterton did have his angry moments. How else to account for the vaguely titled “Conclusion” to What’s Wrong with the World? In it, Chesterton reveals a very different frame of mind,
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Does Robbing Children of Work Deny Them a Sense of Fulfillment?0
- Culture
- June 5, 2018
Headlines in 2018 seem to tell a recurring story: Unemployment rates are lower than ever. Numbers which registered in double digits only a few years ago are now strikingly low and telling a tale of booming prosperity. All that is well and good, particularly for those in the Trump administration. But many of us have
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Minnesota Public Library Announces Cross-Dressing Series for Children as Part of Response to Trump Policy 0
- Culture
- June 4, 2018
For generations, libraries were places where people went to borrow books, learn about the past, and kindle imaginations. Today, however, they occasionally find themselves at the forefront of the culture war. A case in point can be found in the Saint Paul Public Library (SPPL), where officials on Monday announced they would be offering a
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Why Are So Many ‘Whiz Kids’ Homeschoolers?0
- Culture
- June 4, 2018
It seems like every graduation season has its stories of whiz kids. The kids who are so ambitious and so accomplished that they’re graduating from high school, and even college, before the normal time. One of the latest is 14-year-old Matthew McKenzie from Georgia, who received his high school diploma and associate degree the same
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‘Cultural Marxism’ Is Not the True Culprit of Our Cultural Decay 0
- Culture
- June 4, 2018
“Cultural Marxism” is a bogeyman invoked by conservatives to explain events as varied as the FBI’s trouble with Trump, the evolution of the rock group U2, transgender rights, and the results of the abortion referendum in Ireland. Anything that explains so many phenomena needs a pretty good explanation itself. Otherwise it begins to sound like
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