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2025-01-26T17:57:16-05:00

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DISCUSS: America’s Golden Age

Last updated on: January 26, 2025 at 5:57 pm By Gene Veith

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In his inaugural address, President Trump proclaimed, "the golden age of America begins right now." Whatever you think about President Trump, whether you agree with his aspirations or not, in your opinion, what would an American Golden Age look like? Read more

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2025-01-25T19:44:17-05:00

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Hating the Vulnerable

Last updated on: January 25, 2025 at 7:44 pm By Gene Veith

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The classics scholar Nadya Williams says that behind the push for abortion and euthanasia is a syndrome evident in the ancient Romans: hatred for the vulnerable. Read more

2025-01-29T07:26:27-05:00

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Oaths

Last updated on: January 29, 2025 at 7:26 am By Gene Veith

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The Inauguration made me reflect on the importance of oaths, which were of enormous significance throughout history, a significance that I think has largely been lost today. Read more

Ethics

History

Law

Christianity and oaths

Inauguration

Lutheranism and civil authority

oaths

Second Commandment

2025-01-29T10:19:09-05:00

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Unable to Write, Unable to Type

Last updated on: January 29, 2025 at 10:19 am By Gene Veith

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Much of Generation Z--that is, teenagers and twenty-somethings--cannot express themselves with handwriting. Instead, they use digital devices. The problem, though, is that they can't type or keyboard either. Read more

Education

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technology

contemporary education

2025-01-25T08:54:26-05:00

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Monday Miscellany, 1/27/25

Last updated on: January 25, 2025 at 8:54 am By Gene Veith

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Trump's "shock and awe." The breakdown of conservative, liberal, or moderate. The woes of cable news. Read more

Americans' political ideologies

cable news

CNN

President Donald Trump

streaming services

the second Trump administration

2025-01-19T18:20:42-05:00

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On Multiculturalism

Last updated on: January 19, 2025 at 6:20 pm By Gene Veith

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Multiculturalism as relativism can never bring harmony between people of different cultures. What we need to accept people of different ethnicities and cultures is not relativism but universalism. That is, the notion that human beings, for all of our variety, have things in common. Part of our common humanity is the need for a strong sense of right and wrong, the need for law and order, and the need for spiritual meaning. Read more

cultural appreciation

2025-01-19T15:37:42-05:00

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DISCUSS: Moral Character vs. Vocational Excellence

Last updated on: January 19, 2025 at 3:37 pm By Gene Veith

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Is it possible for a "bad person" to carry out his or her vocation well? Or is it possible for a "good person" to violate his or her vocation? Read more

Vocation

moral character and vocation

Vocation

2025-01-23T11:03:51-05:00

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How Martin Luther Rewired Your Brain

Last updated on: January 23, 2025 at 11:03 am By Gene Veith

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Being able to read, says a scientist, has rewired the human brain. And the person responsible for that, he says, is Martin Luther. Read more

2025-01-18T16:06:54-05:00

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Crime Then vs. Crime Now

Last updated on: January 18, 2025 at 4:06 pm By Gene Veith

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A former New York City police officer writes about crime and policing in the 1970s vs. crime and policing today. A meditation on the vocation of the police. Read more

crime in New York City

law enforcement

vocation of the police officer

2025-01-18T13:28:42-05:00

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In Bringing Back Christianity, Four Issues to Resolve

Last updated on: January 18, 2025 at 1:28 pm By Gene Veith

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Andrew Klavan has identified four issues that need to be resolved in order to bring Christianity back to the culture. Read more

Christianity and secularism

recovering Christianity

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