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  • Aristotle on Why Some Friendships Are Evil

    Aristotle on Why Some Friendships Are Evil0

    Good friendships seem worth celebrating. But for many of us, tensions can appear from time to time between being a good friend and doing “the right thing.” When faced with, for example, a situation where it’s tempting to lie to cover for a friend, it can seem as though friendship and morality are on a

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  • Politics Is Beginning to Consume Our World. That’s Bad.

    Politics Is Beginning to Consume Our World. That’s Bad.0

    I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Even after I’d earned my Ph.D. degree, my dad used to look at me with a twinkle in his eye and tell me, “Son, the trouble with you is that you don’t know nothing.” And he was right in regard to knowing worthwhile, practical things and having

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  • The Affective Fallacy: Understanding How Your Feelings Can Make You Dumb

    The Affective Fallacy: Understanding How Your Feelings Can Make You Dumb0

    The NBC show Friday Night Lights is about high school football in a small Texas community. High-school students are taking part in a class discussion when the brash star halfback, Brian “Smash” Williams crudely argues that monogamy is unnatural for a male. The teacher is puzzled by Smash’s statement. A female friend and classmate, Waverly,

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  • Why California Cities Are Becoming Unlivable

    Why California Cities Are Becoming Unlivable0

    In July, the mayor of San Francisco frankly stated that poverty in the city is so bad, that “there is more feces on the sidewalks than I’ve ever seen.” And it’s not just her – the local NBC investigative unit found a “dangerous mix of drug needles, garbage, and feces throughout downtown San Francisco.” While

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  • How One Deleted Scene Turns Star Wars into a Struggle Against Socialism

    How One Deleted Scene Turns Star Wars into a Struggle Against Socialism11

    In the era of Disney, many long-time Star Wars fans have bemoaned the supposed infiltration of their favorite franchise by leftist ideology.   At first, I rolled my eyes at these objections, many of which remain patently absurd. But after Solo: A Star Wars Story gave us a shrill SJW droid hooking up with a pansexual Lando Calrissian, I had to admit that some critics might

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  • Does the Death Penalty Actually Save Lives?

    Does the Death Penalty Actually Save Lives?1

    Four centuries ago, the Vatican condemned Galileo for saying that the Earth orbited the Sun, and forced him to recant. Many years later, the Church admitted it was wrong. One can only hope that the Vatican reverses itself more quickly regarding its misguided attack today on the death penalty. The death penalty saves the lives of

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