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Love in the Hands of Hate Groups: The Marketing of Bigotry

June 3, 2019June 1, 2020 Erin Moore 0 Comments Essential Reading, Love, Racism

Hate groups have undertaken modern marketing practices to more effectively recruit—dressing up their message in more universal language.

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Christmas Truce: Raising Our White Flags with ‘Joyeux Noël’

December 24, 2018June 1, 2020 Erin Moore 0 Comments Christmas, Conflict

The Christmas Truce of 1914 was the final happy memory some soldiers would have. Today, in our polarized culture, ‘Joyeux Noël’ reminds us to soften our social and political barriers.

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A Tough President and an Unsettled Nation

December 15, 2018April 17, 2021 Erin Moore 0 Comments Politics

While the most violent mood in recent history settles over the nation, can we blame it on Donald Trump and his aspirations to be “tough?”

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LGBTQ . . . P? Polygamy in the Era of Marriage Equality

July 24, 2018June 3, 2020 Erin Moore 2 Comments Child Abuse, Inequality, Mormonism, Politics

Same-sex marriage was legalized in 2015. Ever-individualized notions of love, sexuality, and gender identity broaden our definition of family—but will we make room for polygamy? Should we?

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A Pragmatic Approach to Ideas

An online publication focused on human flourishing, taking a pragmatic approach to ideas. We care about ideas that help us to live well together, focusing on their practical consequences.

 

“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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