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by Frederick Meekins
In some systems of Eastern thought, the doctrine of recurrence teaches that everything that has happened will happen again. Western philosophy of history drawing inspiration from a Biblical understanding of the universe does not share in the same exa... read more
• February 13, 2008 |
 | » If Churches Cannot Preach Against Abortion, They Should Just Close Their Doors
by Pastor Phil Magnan
Over the past 18 years of my life, I have worked to save the unborn by appealing to the churches. I have believed the notion that it takes time to win churches and pastors to our pro life stance. You know ...over time we'll convince the Christians to... read more
• January 28, 2008 |
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| » Why Shouldn't Hungerstrikers Be Allowed To Starve?
by Frederick Meekins
Often in the attempt to get their way, children threaten to hold their breath or refuse to eat until their parents agree to meet their demands. Usually, nothing much comes of it as most youngsters don't have the will to resist the sway of their base ... read more
• October 5, 2007 |
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| » Dark Ages Of Broadcasting Looms On The Horizon
by Frederick Meekins
Don Imus' comments that the Rutger's ladies basketball team were a bunch of tattooed nappy-headed hoes might not have been the kindest thing to say about these athletes, though one must note the claim has not been entirely refuted as interestingly in... read more
• July 18, 2007 |
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| » Virginia School Alma Mater Of Multiple Mass Murderers
by Frederick Meekins
Westfield High School in Chantilly, VA is developing an infamous reputation. Not only is it the alma mater of Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui but also of Michael Kennedy, who shot up a Fairfax Virginia police station in May 2006 where he murdered ... read more
• April 21, 2007 |
 | » Turning the 'Duke City' into the 'City Immaculate.'
by Jeremy Reynalds
The caller sounded a little frantic. Identifying herself as the manager of a local motel, the woman explained that she was having problems with a woman who had been staying at her motel. She explained that "Josephine's" (not her real name) ... read more
• April 14, 2007 |
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| » Statue Of Liberty Should Be A Liberated Woman
by Frederick Meekins
One of the most comic irrationalities to come out of the Vietnam War that a village had to be destroyed in order to save it. Half a world away, the comment has become something of a joke ever since epitomizing government stupidity; however, as simila... read more
• February 9, 2007 |
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| » English Need Not Board
by Frederick Meekins
Rosa Parks earned her place in American iconography for refusing to go to the back of the bus. But at least she would have been permitted to remain on the bus, which would have been more than is being allowed for three Saint Paul school children who ... read more
• January 28, 2007 |
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| » A Review Of Moral Choices
by Frederick Meekins
It has been said that we have come as far as we have only because we stand on the shoulders of giants. One of the strengths of ethics when studied as part of a survey of Western civilization has been the discipline's emphasis on consulting the accumu... read more
• January 16, 2007 |
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| » Trump An Enemy Of Free Speech
by Frederick Meekins
One of the more recent James Bond movies was titled "The World Is Not Enough". It would seem the expression also summarizes Donald Trump's worldview and philosophy of life. Not satisfied trying to maneuver New Orleans residents and little o... read more
• January 9, 2007 |
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| » Monuments to Our Folly: Choosing Your Gender and a Bathroom Based on Feelings
by Brian Fahling
There is ground for declaring that modern man has become a moral idiot," wrote Richard M. Weaver in his classic work, Ideas Have Consequences. The year was 1948 and Weaver was offering his diagnosis of a world where classical values had been aba... read more
• December 13, 2006 |
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| » America's Moral Katrina
by Don Wildmon
Child pornography arrests have been in the news now nearly every day for the past couple of months. Having been in the battle against pornography for the past 30 years, I cannot remember when there have been so many arrests of individuals charged wit... read more
• October 17, 2006 |
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