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ILLUMINATION-Curated

·Apr 14, 2022

The Beauty and Reason of Atheism

On a life empty of belief — So you’re a little kid, and every morning you walk out into this world full of wonder, a world so immense that it is beyond our comprehension and always will be. …

Life

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The Beauty and Reason of Atheism
The Beauty and Reason of Atheism
Life

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Dean’s List

·Mar 22, 2022

How Putin’s “Useful Idiots” Blame “the West” for Russia’s Rape of Ukraine

Not all of Putin’s propagandists know they’re working for him — Right now, Vladimir Putin’s Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine, a peaceful neighbor whom it attacked without provocation. The Russian military is targeting civilians, including children, with bombs and starvation in its effort to end the Ukrainians’ resistance to annexation by democidal kleptocrats. As always, Russia’s crimes are staged…

Politics

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How Putin’s “Useful Idiots” Blame “the West” for Russia’s Rape of Ukraine
How Putin’s “Useful Idiots” Blame “the West” for Russia’s Rape of Ukraine
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ILLUMINATION-Curated

·Mar 11, 2022

Has the Time Come for a Biblical Immigration Policy?

What would a Bible-believing nation do about aliens? — Living in the South, you hear a lot of folks say we need to abide by Biblical teaching. You also hear people complaining about non-Americans coming to live and work here. So, I thought to myself, “What does the Bible have to say about that? What was Biblical policy for…

Politics

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Has the Time Come for a Biblical Immigration Policy?
Has the Time Come for a Biblical Immigration Policy?
Politics

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

·Feb 22, 2022

Why Do We Say ‘ It’s Raining Cats and Dogs’?

The curious history of an even curiouser phrase — It’s raining cats and dogs. A common enough phrase. Makes not the first lick of sense, though. So why do we say it? Well, there are several folk etymologies floating around, including these from the Library of Congress website: Odin, the Norse god of storms, was often pictured with dogs…

Popular Culture

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Why Do We Say ‘ It’s Raining Cats and Dogs’?
Why Do We Say ‘ It’s Raining Cats and Dogs’?
Popular Culture

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An Injustice!

·Feb 21, 2022

When Athens, GA, Burned Black-Owned Homes for UGA

How “urban renewal” became the fig leaf for a land grab in the 1960s — On February 8th of 2021, the city of Athens, GA, issued an official apology for participating in the destruction of Linnentown, an African American neighborhood adjoining the University of Georgia, as part of a scheme to obtain the land and grant it to UGA as a location for student dormitories. …

Politics

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When Athens, GA, Burned Black-Owned Homes for UGA
When Athens, GA, Burned Black-Owned Homes for UGA
Politics

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Rock n’ Heavy

·Feb 19, 2022

The Top 40 Instrumental Rock Intros of All Time

You want the intro? You can’t handle the intro! — Songs are like meals, you know. Some start with the main course, with others you get appetizers. Now, me, I love a great two-minute punk blast as much as the next guy. But I also appreciate a finely crafted intro, one that takes its time, revs you up, maybe teases…

Music

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The Top 40 Instrumental Rock Intros of All Time
The Top 40 Instrumental Rock Intros of All Time
Music

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Thinkpiece Magazine

·Feb 16, 2022

The Unspoken Reason Slavery Reparations Won’t Happen

Why neither liberals nor conservatives will allow reparations — In cities across the US — from Santa Monica, CA, to Athens, GA, to Evanston, IL — Americans who had their lives upended and their opportunities dashed by bigoted policies and actions by their own governments are receiving at least some measure of redress for their losses. …

History

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The Unspoken Reason Slavery Reparations Won’t Happen
The Unspoken Reason Slavery Reparations Won’t Happen
History

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Thinkpiece Magazine

·Feb 9, 2022

You Might Be Gen-X If …

How high do you score on the X-ometer? — It wasn’t until I got to high school that I really started to figure it out. My generation was radically different from our parents, who were living a lot like their parents had at their age, and wanted to. But clearly, we weren’t going to grow up to be like…

Generation X

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You Might Be Gen-X If …
You Might Be Gen-X If …
Generation X

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Thinkpiece Magazine

·Feb 4, 2022

How to Make Authentic (and Awesome) Grits

Grits can be terrific or terrible, depending on how you fix ’em — If you’ve seen the Oscar-winning, and hilarious, 1992 comedy My Cousin Vinny, you know the plot ends up turning on the question of how long it takes grits to cook. (That’s not a spoiler, by the way.) …

Food

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How to Make Authentic (and Awesome) Grits
How to Make Authentic (and Awesome) Grits
Food

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Paul Thomas Zenki

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