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Politics and the English Language
Jan 11, 2021 · George Orwell
George Orwell of 1984 fame reflects on the poor state of the English language and its corrosive effect on political life. He points out recurring prob...
Education Politics Society and Culture -
2084
Jan 11, 2021 · John Lennox
Algorithms, machine learning, transhumanism: Terms like these prompt apocalyptic warnings from distinguished leaders such as Elon Musk and Pope Franci...
Religion and Theology Science and Technology Society and Culture -
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
Jan 7, 2021 · Samuel Huntington
Not since the 1940s had a Foreign Policy piece elicited such strong reactions as Samuel Huntington’s piece titled “The Clash of Civilizati...
Current Affairs Politics Society and Culture -
Live Not by Lies
Dec 30, 2020 · Rod Dreher
Courageous dissenters of totalitarian Soviet Russia offer Americans a harsh warning: Our consumerist comforts are soothing us into a form of “so...
Politics Religion and Theology Society and Culture -
Miracles
Dec 23, 2020 · C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis described this book as a "preliminary study" on miracles. This description is fitting because he deals not with the question of w...
Philosophy Religion and Theology -
Editing Humanity
Dec 21, 2020 · Kevin Davies
Gene editing is an everyday reality—the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to biochemist Jennifer Doudna and microbiologist Emmanuelle Ch...
Current Affairs Health and Wellness Science and Technology -
The Psychopath Test
Dec 17, 2020 · Jon Ronson
Galvanized into investigating the nature of psychopathy after a few strange encounters, Ronson interviews psychologists and psychopaths from all over ...
Psychology Society and Culture -
SuperLife
Dec 14, 2020 · Darin Olien
Your body is comprised of over 70 trillion cells, and they all need some TLC. Entrepreneur and “superfood hunter” Darin Olien tells us how...
Health and Wellness -
Unquestioned Answers
Dec 10, 2020 · Jeff Myers
Doubt is central to belief. True faith is marked by questioning. To accept a carefully-worded one liner without thinking about its truth and weighing ...
Religion and Theology Society and Culture -
Think Like a Rocket Scientist
Dec 7, 2020 · Ozan Varol
What does constructing a rocket have in common with launching one of the most successful streaming services of all time? Unconventional thinking. From...
Business Science and Technology
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