
Look at the majority of students in higher education today and one will come away with the idea that they are unable to handle debate or uncomfortable ideas. But Lindsay Shepherd is challenging that stereotype. Shepherd is a master’s student at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. As the teaching assistant in a class on critical
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Denise Young Smith, Apple’s diversity chief, is stepping down, reports say. The move is strange. Young has only been in the job for six months. But reports suggest her departure is linked to “recent controversial remarks about white men.” Several weeks ago, at the One Young World Summit in Bogotá, Colombia, Young suggested that diversity
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Socialism always promises heaven and gives hell. In the early hours of Thursday, November 2, the Maduro regime certified its latest failure with what they promised would never happen: technical default. With his usual arrogance, Maduro issued a “decree” demanding “the refinancing and restructuring of the debt as of November 3.” That is, default. The bad news for
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Peter Kreeft is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and the author of numerous books on logic, religion, and philosophy. Several years ago, in a speech at Highlands Latin School in Louisville, Kentucky, he recommended ten books everyone should read. They were written by two saints (one of whom was a philosopher), two philosophers
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Six weeks have passed since the New York Times published its exposé on Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as a decades-long sexual harasser – and the avalanche of allegations still hasn’t stopped. More than 120 high profile figures have been denounced for forcing their sexual attentions on women (and men) in various ways, and their number is being added to daily.
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On Nov. 13, a fifth Alabama woman came forward to accuse Roy Moore, former judge and current GOP Senate candidate, of sexual assault when she was 16. Condemnation of Moore has been widespread, but Moore himself vehemently denies these allegations. He has backing from many in Alabama. One of his most controversial statements of support
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