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Bigger Capitalism, Better Hearts: Addressing Random Violence

Bigger Capitalism, Better Hearts: Addressing Random Violence

June 17, 2014 at 5:00 pm 2 comments

by Matthew P. Cavedon: A particularly maddening sort of violence—seemingly random violence—has been in the news a lot lately. Maddening, perhaps, because as Stephen Pinker’s Better Angels of Our Nature showed, modern society is less violent in many ways than what came before it. How can American violence be at […]

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Paul Ryan, Pope Francis, and a Little Compassion from the Conservative Movement

Paul Ryan, Pope Francis, and a Little Compassion from the Conservative Movement

January 13, 2014 at 7:30 am 0 comments

by Jeremy Kee: The popular perception of conservatives today, and one not altogether undeserved, is that of a figure not dissimilar to Scrooge McDuck diving into his private gold-filled vault. There is, however, a curious tension today between “modern conservatives” (more aptly described as neo-liberals) who concern themselves with economics […]

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