While the national and international media have been mired in the minutiae of the Obama administration’s triple scandal, our crack investigative staff have uncovered the real story. And it is more dramatic than the sensationalism that has been passing for news. Let us first recap the major details of the scandals, in the order of [...]
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No Comments »It must have happened during one of those moments when I wasn’t looking, but there’s no question that it did happen. I’m referring to the disappearance of fractions in communication. Here are two sentences that I recently encountered, not in casual conversation, but in published books: “Babies who were breast-fed had four times fewer respiratory [...]
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The TV newsperson was commenting about a story concerning the Boston Marathon bombing when she said, “The story just doesn’t jive with the facts.” I tried very hard to picture a story dancing with some facts, but I just couldn’t. The problem was not just with jiving or jitterbugging—I couldn’t even picture them doing the [...]
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Posted in DFWCatholic "Recommended Reads", Featured, Opinions Tags: Culture, language, Long Island No Comments »Washington state governor Jay Inslee recently signed a bill that goes a long way toward ending biased language in state documents. The new law originated in the House, where it won a 70-22 victory. It then passed the Senate unanimously. That brings the number of states that have passed “gender-neutral legislation” to eleven, with nine [...]
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Posted in DFWCatholic "Recommended Reads", Featured, Opinions Tags: Culture, Henny Youngman, language, line of thought, sexist language No Comments »In April of 2013, Tulane professor and talk-show host Melissa Harris-Perry, made the following remark on camera: We have never invested as much in public education as we should have. We haven’t had a very collective notion of [sic] these are our children. We have to break through our private idea that children belong to [...]
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(Note: Part I documented that the minimum wage harms the very people it is designed to help and the popular alternative—letting capitalism work, unencumbered by regulations—encourages practices that cry out for reform. It concluded by suggesting that a new approach is needed, one based on a discipline that economists seldom consult—ethics.) The division of knowledge [...]
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It is commonly believed that fairness demands a certain level of wage be guaranteed to all workers. That is the idea behind the minimum wage that has long existed in the U.S. and other countries. But does that wage benefit workers? Some economists say it does, but others argue that it actually hurts those it [...]
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I am writing this essay at the beginning of Holy Week, a time that recalls the Last Supper, the agony in the garden, the arrest and trial, the pain and humiliation of the scourging and crowning with thorns, and the terrible journey on the via dolorosa that ended with Jesus suffering and dying on the [...]
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Posted in DFWCatholic "Recommended Reads", Opinions Tags: faith, Sigmund Freud, suffering, Viktor Frankl No Comments »As of January 2013, same-sex marriage was legal in nine states and the District of Columbia, as well as in two sovereign Native American tribes. Moreover, President Obama and Vice President Biden have declared their support for such marriages, as have…
It was the early 1990s and I had just finished a lecture to a group of educators on the teaching of critical thinking. Several people came up to the podium for further discussion. Though I’ve forgotten most of the exchanges, I remember one very …
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