Culture
Table Full of Nazis
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This is why I no longer wear the hammer in public. There’s just too much darkness lurking below the surface, across the board.
News
Bible stories added to Texas K-12 curriculum: Education Commissioner says teachers can violate church and state separation
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Texas Education Commissioner reportedly confirms that teachers may violate First Amendment’s Establishment Clause and add Bible stories Christian-centric content as part of their lessons.
Living
Opinion: The Responsibility of Sacrifice
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To sacrifice takes courage. In our ethics, to put others or our values above the desires of the individual means to appeal to the better parts of our nature. How often do we teach our children or say to each other that we should “do the right thing”? How often do we applaud words or deeds that demonstrate this higher form of sacrifice precisely because it is so difficult for many people and it is not what most might do if we were in that same position.
Opinion
Opinion: Liberty Enlightening the World
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I am often amazed by the way this country’s people have weathered the years since the 2016 election launched us further into the shadowlands of hatred, racism, misogyny, bigotry, and terror. I am equally amazed by how those years have weathered but not beaten us.
Culture
Opinion: Twilight of the Boomers
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Over the past week, Democrats have giddily celebrated the ascension of Kamala Harris to the top of the ticket. That’s great, but it doesn’t deal with the issue of elderly leaders in this nation of ours. Maybe the tale of Egil Skallagrimsson, the Viking poet who lived to old age, has something to teach us here.