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  • 3 Takeaways on Jordan B. Peterson After Watching Him Speak on Tour

    3 Takeaways on Jordan B. Peterson After Watching Him Speak on Tour0

    I’ve known about Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson for a while and have watched a few of his Youtube lectures out of curiosity. But I hadn’t given him much thought until I recently found myself in a position I never thought I’d be in as a female college-student: sitting in the sold-out State Theater in Minneapolis

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  • Why Campus Protests Should Stop at the Door of the Classroom

    Why Campus Protests Should Stop at the Door of the Classroom0

    Protests are a time-honoured tradition on college campuses – memorably exemplified by the protests of 1968 by the grandparents of the current generation of students. They reflect the passionate energies of students discovering their own priorities and commitments, and finding their voice in national conversations. Protests spring from the stimulating intellectual environment and vigorous debate

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  • Why are Catholic Bishops Defending Illegal Immigration? They’re Bought?

    Why are Catholic Bishops Defending Illegal Immigration? They’re Bought?0

    With the increasing decline of regular church attendees comes the decline of tithing. As many church leaders confront an already tightening waistline and the prospects of an even more dramatic decline in attendance and tithing as the Baby Boomers pass on to their rewards, it seems that some of them have turned to government largesse

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  • Why the 5 Major World Religions All Reject Suicide

    Why the 5 Major World Religions All Reject Suicide0

    The recent suicides of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef and writer Anthony Bourdain have reminded all of us that, even for the wealthy, life can become too painful to bear. The sad truth is that suicide rates have been increasing in the United States. In the last decade, the suicide rate increased by

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  • How Did America Become a Nation of Slobs?

    How Did America Become a Nation of Slobs?8

    One evening in early April I was waiting for my ten-year-old twin granddaughters to finish their indoor soccer practice when a girl their age approached me and said, “Your coat looks really nice.”   It was a wet, chilly evening, and I was wearing a London Fog given me thirty years ago by an elderly

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  • FDA Nears Approval of Ecstasy Drug for Treating PTSD

    FDA Nears Approval of Ecstasy Drug for Treating PTSD0

    Last August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began testing MDMA (ecstasy) for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. The FDA also granted MDMA breakthrough therapy status to expedite the approval process by making it easier for drugmakers to begin clinical trials. Recently, MDMA passed phase 2 of the FDA’s four-phase drug-approval process. Although phase 3 requires

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