
Every Mother’s Day, several enterprising young thought-leaders try to include plant moms and dog moms in the celebration. Thankfully, they’re roundly ridiculed for comparing their pets to human children, or their caretaking experience to the challenges of motherhood. The selfishness of many (although certainly not all) deliberately childless women flares up at the sight of any symptom
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Recently, The Washington Post laid off a third of its newsroom and staff. It’s a monumental act representing the twilight of legacy media, a symbol of the changing information landscape. The one-time gatekeepers of information and “correct opinions” have lost a great deal of credibility, and, with it, profit margins. Jeff Bezos reportedly lost $100
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One of the biggest misunderstandings about belief in God is that it demands supernatural faith. This is untrue. Many people throughout human history have believed in God before this gift of faith was offered through the Bible, Jesus, or the Church. Christian history has long taught that we can know God exists “with certainty…by the
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Just recently, a 40-something friend confessed a fact about herself that blew me away: She hasn’t set foot inside a movie theater since she was three years old. In her childhood, the family budget precluded jaunts to the theater. The introduction of videos, DVDs, and streaming services one by one afforded her plenty of film
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Though talk of America taking over Greenland has died down recently, the bold foreign policy strategy has taken many of all political persuasions by surprise. It should. Western political thought has long resolved that freedom and national self-determination are political goods that far outweigh security, regardless of the potential for danger. Conservative political commentators often
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Want to make a millennial woman feel old? Tell her that American Girl is turning 40. Alas, such anniversaries, while sparking fun memories, can also bring great disappointment. Such was the case when American Girl’s parent company, Mattel, announced that special developments were underway for the celebration, including the release of new dolls. These new creations involve taking
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