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  • Don’t Write Off Young ‘Socialists’

    Don’t Write Off Young ‘Socialists’0

    In his State of the Union address this year, president Trump warned of the dangers of socialism. But is there any substance to that worry? Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), a self-declared socialist, has made headlines with her Green New Deal proposal. And more recently, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who identifies as a democratic socialist, announced he

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  • The Essential Life Lesson in the Series Finale of ‘The Office’

    The Essential Life Lesson in the Series Finale of ‘The Office’0

    If it’s a good comedy, we laugh with the characters, not at the characters. Joining with them in our common humanity, we have a window to our own foibles. Today, 14 years after its premiere, reruns of The Office remain enduringly popular. The Office entertains while it helps us see how we make life hard

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  • Netherlands Moving Towards Euthanasia for the Healthy

    Netherlands Moving Towards Euthanasia for the Healthy0

    The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize euthanasia in 2002. Today, they are still the global pioneers. The Dutch keep pushing the boundaries wider and wider. Euthanasia is becoming increasingly common. In 2017 (the last year for which figures are available), doctors reported administering lethal injections to 6,585 patients. In 2010,

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  • Nine Ways to Actually Help a Friend Through Tragedy

    Nine Ways to Actually Help a Friend Through Tragedy0

    Life is suffering. Tragedy awaits us all.   I know from personal experience. Four years ago, my 37-year-old husband was killed in a car accident on a snowy road. Our children, aged 12 to two, were with him but were unharmed.   In the midst of my personal tragedies I found listening to Dr. Jordan

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  • Experts Claim Assisted Suicide isn’t as Painless as We’ve Been Led to Believe

    Experts Claim Assisted Suicide isn’t as Painless as We’ve Been Led to Believe0

    In places where assisted dying and euthanasia are legal, patients are promised a peaceful death without pain or distress. But in a chilling article in the journal Anaesthesia, an international group of scholars observe that some of these deaths could be inhumane, with patients awake and conscious but unable to move or react. In fact,

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  • Homer on Why Hospitality is the Greatest Virtue

    Homer on Why Hospitality is the Greatest Virtue0

    Perhaps you would like to know what virtue I consider the greatest of all. For me that question is not a difficult one. Though I celebrate courage in my Iliad and perseverance in my Odyssey, there is a third, greater virtue, apart from which civilization can neither thrive nor survive. I speak of xenia, a

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