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‘The Resistance’ to Trump Fails a Basic Test of Courage0
- Politics
- September 7, 2018
What were the editors of the New York Times smoking when they decided to publish an op-ed by an anonymous official in the Trump Administration? “I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations,” he wrote. He and his buddies are “the Resistance” – secret
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‘Cosby’ Actor Reminds Us of the Dignity of Work0
- Culture
- September 7, 2018
After a decades-long career in film, theater, and education, actor Geoffrey Owens decided to take a part-time job as a cashier at Trader Joe’s. When customers and news outlets began posting photos of the actor bagging groceries, the resulting comments included a mix of mockery and what Owens describes as “job-shaming.” Fortunately, according to Owens, “the
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Three Ways We ‘Screwtape’ Our Families0
- Family
- September 7, 2018
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis is quite possibly one of the scariest books I’ve ever read. Not that it’s at all “scary” in the typical sense of the word. In fact, although the collection of letters is written as though it were authored by a demon named Screwtape, it also happens to be sarcastic,
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‘First Man’ Omission of the Flag Will Not Rewrite US History0
- Entertainment
- September 6, 2018
The director and the star of “First Man,” a forthcoming film about Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11, are congratulating themselves for leaving out one of the most dramatic moments in spaceflight and, indeed, 20th-century history, namely, astronaut Armstrong’s planting the American flag on the moon. The reason: We mustn’t be “jingoistic.” What’s next? Omitting the
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Professor: My Students Can’t Handle Opposing Political Views Anymore1
- Education
- September 6, 2018
As a college teacher, I try to listen to all points of view, and I want students to feel they can speak up in class to express their own thoughts, and to challenge anything I say in class. I tell them, “Don’t believe anything I tell you. This is college and you should be thinking
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Faith, Family, Government, & the Company Store0
- Economics
- September 6, 2018
My father was not an easy man to categorize when it came to politics. He was, like almost everybody else where I grew up, a registered Democrat. Republicans in New England and the middle Atlantic states were not fond of Catholic immigrants from Ireland, Italy, and Poland, and the immigrants were not fond of the Republicans,
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