
Few actions manifest division and hatred more than an assassination attempt, such as the one targeting Donald Trump that took place last Saturday. Such an incident proclaims to the universe, “I hate this person and what he represents so much that I believe he must be stopped at all costs, including the cost of blood.”
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The images of Saturday’s attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life will live on in infamy. America—and the world—were mere inches away from a situation truly unimaginable. As I have watched and re-watched the footage of Trump’s fateful rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, I cannot explain the day’s events without an appeal to the hand of
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Is a king free if he can’t control his own passions? This question has puzzled philosophers for thousands of years. In an age when most people in the West have standards of living markedly higher than the kings of ancient times, it’s worth returning to this puzzle to try to get to the heart of
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My wife often poses the joke “Do you know the difference between doctors and God?” with the punchline being “God doesn’t think he’s a doctor.” The atrocious behavior of my neurosurgeon made me wonder: How does anyone get away with acting like this? In part one of my deep brain stimulation to fix the tremors in my hands, two holes are
READ MORE“Three acres and a cow” became a slogan for those who promoted small landholdings in 1880s England. It was thought to represent an ideal setup for the average family. As it happens, I’ve somehow ended up with exactly that: three acres and a cow—specifically, a Jersey-Fleckvie mix gifted to us by my wife’s dairy-farming family.
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As someone who was involuntarily used as a poster child for Asian American and Pacific Islander month by my university, yet listened to some classmates rant that Asian Americans “would be nowhere without black people,” take it from me: Diversity, equity, and inclusion offices make racism worse, not better. Nobody should wonder whether circling their
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