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Sex and the Power of the Visual

Why are men so easily turned on sexually by a woman’s legs, but not vice-versa? Why are female strip clubs so much more prevalent and popular than male strip clubs, but not vice-versa? In five minutes, Dennis Prager explains why the answers to these questions reveal so much about male and female sexual nature, and how the visual impacts the two sexes in totally different ways.

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Where Do Good and Evil Come From?

If there is a God, why is there so much evil? How could any God that cares about right and wrong allow so much bad to happen? And if there is no God, who then determines what is right and what is wrong? The answers to these questions, as Boston College philosopher Peter Kreeft explains, go to the heart of ethics, morality and how we know what it means to be a decent person.

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Is America Racist?

Is America racist? Is it — as President Barack Obama said — “part of our DNA”? Author and talk-show host Larry Elder examines America’s legacy of racism, whether it’s one we can ever escape, and in the process offers a different way of looking at things like Ferguson, crime, police and racial profiling.

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The collapse of parenting: Why it’s time for parents to grow up

Click here: The recent collapse of parenting is at least partly to blame for kids becoming overweight, overmedicated, anxious and disrespectful of themselves and those around them.
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 “Parenting is awfully frustrating and often a lonely place,” says Neufeld, a prominent Vancouver psychologist, especially when a child misbehaves.  “When parents realize that they are their children’s best bet, it challenges them to their own maturity.” It gives them the confidence that they know what’s good for their kids, and that they should stand up to them—this is, in fact, an act of love required of parents. They become, in effect, the grown-ups their children need.
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Former Ottumwa Catholic School knocked to the ground

Click here: Former Iowa Catholic School knocked to the ground
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Sticks and Stones

Is it true that sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you? Yes, but only if you choose to not let words hurt you. Comedian Tom Shillue, host of Red Eye on Fox News Channel, explains how growing up in a politically incorrect, rough-and-tumble America was the only thing that could have prepared him for the real world, and still is the only thing that can prepare teenagers and college students alike.

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FTC: Lumosity to pay $2M for ‘deceptive advertising’

Click here: Online “brain training” company Lumosity to pay $2 million in fines because it deceived users with claims its games improved mental performance and would stave off age-related cognitive decline.

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Do You Understand the Electoral College?

Do you understand what the Electoral College is? Or how it works? Or why America uses it to elect its presidents instead of just using a straight popular vote? Author, lawyer and Electoral College expert Tara Ross does, and she explains that to understand the Electoral College is to understand American democracy.

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Popular Vote vs. the Electoral College

Right now, there’s a well-organized, below-the-radar effort to render the Electoral College effectively useless. It’s called the National Popular Vote, and it would turn our presidential elections into a majority-rule affair. Would this be good or bad? Author, lawyer, and Electoral College expert Tara Ross explains.

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Google is tracking students as it sells more products to schools, privacy advocates warn

Click here: Google is tracking students as it sells more products to schools, privacy advocates warn

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