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How Climate Change Affects Americans
I'm particularly interested in how the effects of climate change will impact those who are in the deepest denial about it. Whole swaths of Americans refuse to accept the science that proves the phenomenon exists; who are they? Where do they live? What will advancing climate change mean to them? The answers I found to these questions made me even more perplexed about why they would take their potentially self-sabotaging position.
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If You Burn It, They Will Come
Picture a stunning 35-foot high pinewood structure comprised of magically intricate mosaic patterns sitting in the center of an expansive community park. Built by artist David Best with the help of volunteers, the building -- part temple and part sculpture -- embodies both majesty and modesty. Last night I watched as it went up in flames. The structure was inspired by the February 14, 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, in which 17 students and staff members were murdered.
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Nepal, Caught Between Realities
Nepal has been a hidden kingdom for much of its history. It now welcomes tourism, but struggles with the contesting forces that center on this emerging country. Between modernity and tradition, China and India, Buddhism and materialism, this small country seeks a precarious balance.
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Bill Donohue's "Common Sense Catholicism" Challenges Politically Correct Dogma
In under 300 lively pages, Catholic League President Bill Donahue protests today's PC Establishment with the same vigor Luther's ninety-five theses did the Catholic hierarchy of his day. These theses take the form of six chapters, an introduction, and a conclusion--all devoted to direct confrontation with the corrosive ideology of Political Correctness that dominates American society.
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People are Changing their Minds about Climate Change
Despite the myriad of misguided assertions that climate change isn't real, people are actually recognizing that facts can't be ignored and are changing their minds to accept both that it exists and that it poses an existential threat to them. What was it that drove the turnaround?
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Elections in South Africa.
The South African elections are history, politicians are taking a break, and the Electoral Commission is auditing some results and facing a slew of legal challenges. But the results are not going to change: The ruling ANC has a reduced majority, the electorate is increasingly disinterested in voting, and the extremist trends are getting stronger.
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