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The Soft Nihilism of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’4
- Culture
- February 26, 2019
In 1971, John Lennon asked us to imagine a world with “no heaven,” “no hell,” “no religion,” and “nothing to kill or die for.” Thirty-six years later, the piano on which he wrote that iconic anthem embarked on a “symbolic road trip for peace” that took it to sites of violence and persecution around the
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‘Is It OK to Still Have Children?’0
- February 26, 2019
Is it morally permissible to have children? That question – which should have gone out with “What’s your sign?” or “Who shot J.R.?” in the 1980s – has come roaring back in a United States in which the birthrate continually hits new lows. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked the question in a video she posted on social media this weekend. AOC fears
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New York State Budget Director on the ‘Fundamental Ignorance’ That Killed the Amazon Deal0
- Economics
- February 26, 2019
New York State Budget Director Robert Mujica is not pleased his state is missing out on Amazon’s second headquarters. In an open letter that ran on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s page, Mujica explained what the loss would mean to the state: As just about everyone in this state, if not the country, knows by now, Amazon
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What a Judge’s Ruling on Drafting Women Means for Military0
- Politics
- February 26, 2019
A federal judge’s ruling that women must be included in a potential military draft is based on incomplete information, an advocate for military readiness says. The Obama administration rejected a field test by the U.S. Marine Corps that found all-male units performing simulated ground combat tasks outperformed gender-mixed units 69 percent of the time, said
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Bonfires of Bigotry: The Sources of Our Present Anger0
- Culture
- February 26, 2019
A few questions for my readers: When you are shopping at WalMart or your local mall, do you constantly assess people by the color of their skin? When the pigmentation of the clerk behind the register at the grocery store differs from your own, does bile rise in your throat? When you meet someone wearing
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Alexandra Tolstoy and the Appeal of a Simple Life0
- Culture
- February 25, 2019
“Have you ever heard of Alexandra Tolstoy?” Responding to this question with a bit of a blank stare, my friend flourished his smartphone and began showing me a few pictures from Tolstoy’s Instagram page. One was of Tolstoy and her small daughter posing hand-in-hand. “Cute dress,” I responded. “My wife loves following her,” my friend
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