New Oxford Notes: October 2015
Fingers on the Triggers
The "trigger warning" movement seeks to scrub college campuses clean of words and ideas that might cause discomfort, hurt feelings, or negative thoughts. Almost everything has this potential.
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What Goes on Inside the Clinic
The practice of abortion as a Satanic ritual is confirmed in a disturbing interview with a former leader of the Church of Satan.
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He dissents from a basic moral principle of Judeo-Christian, Catholic social teaching: that superfluous wealth must be shared with the poor.