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Death, Sex and the Last Girl

Death, Sex and the Last Girl

Normally, I avoid movie nights. I hate nothing more than the feeling that death might catch me while on hour number three of some Marvel…
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To Be or to Become? That is the Question

To Be or to Become? That is the Question

Douglas MacArthur once gushed about his G.I. cadets, “They’re the best damn kids in the world.” Not thirty years before, Cornelia Comer…
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We Have to Stop Killing God

We Have to Stop Killing God

It is on the question of God’s relation to the world that east and west diverge. In the west, our world stands apart from God. It is His…
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Dying of Thirst at the Ol’ Ball Game

When the days get long and the weather balmy, I like to have the baseball game playing in the background while I make dinner. It reminds me…
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What Bill Clinton and the Buddha Got Right

What Bill Clinton and the Buddha Got Right

In his work The Righteous Mind, Jonathan Haidt observes that our moral beliefs are not products of logic, but stem from gut-level emotions…
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Wonder and Baseball

Wonder and Baseball

Einstein famously quipped: “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He…
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The Infinite Monkey God?

The Infinite Monkey God?

During high school, I worked as a busboy at a fairly posh restaurant. Our manager was an effective but uptight fellow who had little…
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Black Markets and Bootleg Religion

Black Markets and Bootleg Religion

Perhaps nothing defines the modern era more than the quest to eliminate essential opposites. This began with the successful search for the…
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You Have to Know Why to Die

You Have to Know Why to Die

If you want to silence a crowd, you should ask them earnestly for what cause they would sacrifice their lives — and not just in the…
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The Day John Henry Died

The Day John Henry Died

I was chatting with my family one day and we touched on the subject of sci-fi author Robert Heinlein. I had just begun reading his…
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