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Reintroducing Selfie Nation To Truth

Reintroducing Selfie Nation To Truth

Andrew Beckwith

The Age of Selfies:  Reasoning About Rights When the Stakes Are Personal
By Adam J. MacLeod
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
168 pages

We live in an age of ideological civil war. And as in most wars, both sides think that the outcome is vital for our nation. The differences between the worldviews of the left and right, secular and Christian, and socialist and capitalist are broad and stark. Worst of all, opposing sides in these struggles ascribe evil intentions to their opponents. Our arguments are good and just; the other side's beliefs are unfair and even wicked. Even worse, if one holds an opposing view, one is seen as hateful, bigoted, and shameful. Compromise appears impossible. The result is a toxic and broken culture which threatens the very body politic of America.

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Suffolk County District Attorney Interested In Getting Some Prisoners Released Because of Coronavirus

Matthew McDonald

Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins is looking to identify certain convicts in prison to release because of their vulnerability to coronavirus.

"In these uncertain times, where the landscape is changing minute by minute, District Attorney Rollins is working to make sure that individuals held in custody who are vulnerable because of their health, age, socio-economic status, or circumstances, but pose no meaningful risk to public safety are released from custody," the Suffolk County district attorney's office said in a written statement Thursday, March 19.

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