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9 Things We Fail to Admit about Transgender Kids (from an Endocrinologist)0
- Culture
- April 9, 2018
Five years ago, the idea that a healthy child might transition from one sex to another was still greeted with apprehension. Now, however, becoming “transgender” has turned into a bit of a fad, with even kindergarten classes aiding children with the transition process. Of course, the American public feels a necessity to go along with
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‘I Believe Because It Is Absurd’: Understanding Christianity’s First Meme 0
- History
- April 9, 2018
Religious belief is often thought to evince a precarious kind of commitment, in which the degree of conviction is inversely proportional to correspondence with the facts. Exhibit A for this common characterisation of religious belief is the maxim of the third-century Christian writer Tertullian, who is credited with the saying ‘I believe because it is
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C.S. Lewis Sounded the Alarm on the Dangers of Progressivism 0
- Culture
- April 9, 2018
C.S. Lewis: World-renowned author, philosopher, theologian. Christian apologist. Mere mention of his name fills our minds with images of faith-based allegory, of lions, witches, and wardrobes, of rational defenses of the Christian faith. But political commentator and staunch opponent of progressive ideals? That’s not what we think of when we think of C.S. Lewis. And
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Statism’s First Casualty Is the Truthful Use of Language 0
- Culture
- April 9, 2018
Senator Hiram Johnson is credited with having said during World War I, “The first casualty, when war comes, is truth,” and this observation has been made in more or less the same words many times, both before and since Johnson made his statement. No doubt the declaration is true, but it is true in a
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The Paradox of Leveling the Playing Field in the Name of Equality 0
- Education
- April 9, 2018
Concepts of equality have long formed the keystones of Western philosophies. Revolutions have been fought in the name of equality, our courts are built around the idea that we are all equal before the law, and activists have spent the last century working to break down the systematic inequalities affecting our societies. Indeed, philosophical
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Diamond and Silk Respond to Facebook Calling Them Dangerous: ‘A Violation of Our Civil Rights’0
- Culture
- April 9, 2018
Pro-Trump social media personalities Diamond and Silk said they were censored by Facebook for their conservatives beliefs on “Fox & Friends” Monday and believe it has something to do with the upcoming midterm elections. The duo, Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, claimed their videos were deemed “unsafe to the community” by Facebook and said they were told the
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