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Opinion
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Breaking Down the Ivory Tower, Tile by Tile
“He certainly celebrates the liberating power of education—but he cautions against its dangers as well.”
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Have a Good Time at the Theater watching “Bad Times at the El Royale” Next Weekend
Only a week later do I feel like I can articulate the havoc that this brilliant, daring, and tremendously wild movie put me through last Saturday night.
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Review: First Man
I was left wondering if there was a key part of the movie that I simply didn’t catch.
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Familiar Avalos: Morena’s Great Power and Responsibility
Morena’s overwhelming popular mandate means that it could ignore the opposition if it wanted to in most cases, but it would be doing itself a favor by acknowledging and listening to criticism.
![What Trump Can Teach Us About Forgiveness](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/0-1-2-e1540600383747.jpg)
What Trump Can Teach Us About Forgiveness
We should accept the anger that we feel towards our circumstances, but we should push ourselves to ultimately let go in order for our passion and productivity to flourish. Our spite will only hinder our progress.
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Hutt: How Should We Have Judged Kavanaugh?
Constitutional Conservatives, why don’t we listen to the Framers here for a change?
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WHAT IF? Diplomacy by Movie Trailer
If a nuclear wasteland is coming, do your fast-diminishing remaining time on earth a favor, and skip this flick.
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Lee: Failing to Reclaim “Anaconda”
Instead of using the song as a platform to elevate women and their desires, Minaj tacks on the last verse as a disclaimer: this song is only for certain types of women.