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A man is rowing a boat in the ocean
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Marvin Olasky
January 3, 2025
Homelessness
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Boats Against the Current

Marvin Olasky
January 3, 2025
Homelessness
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After writing weekly columns about homelessness for two-and-a-half years, I'm ready to put what I've learned into book form. It will be my 30th book and maybe my last, although (as chapter 12 of Ecclesiastes states) "of making many books there is no end." But since I have written a lot, I'll paraphrase the opening of the Declaration of Independence: "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires" that I declare the reason for writing a book on homelessness when a bunch already exist. Read More ›
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A group of family members hugging or holding hands for comfort, dressed in black, in times of grief
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Wesley J. Smith
January 2, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
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Assisted-Suicide Death Ceremonies Becoming Normalized

Wesley J. Smith
January 2, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
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Back in 1991 or so, I was invited by an elderly and ill suicidal friend — along with about 20 of her other pals — to gather in her apartment for a suicide party. Frances' idea was that she would tell us how much we meant to her, we would reciprocate, and she would swallow pills. Instead, all her friends were appalled and held an intervention. Read More ›
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United Nation building, Geneva
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Wesley J. Smith
December 31, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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High U.N. Official Supports “Nature Rights” and Environmental Lawfare

Wesley J. Smith
December 31, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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The assistant secretary general of the U.S., Kanni Wignaraja, wants "nature" to go to court so that tribunals can set environmental policy for the world. From her "Nature Goes to Court," published by the U.N. Development Programme (of which she is a regional director): Read More ›
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Top down view at group of volunteers giving out simple meals to people in need at soup kitchen
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Marvin Olasky
December 27, 2024
Homelessness
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Sentimentality vs. Compassion

Marvin Olasky
December 27, 2024
Homelessness
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I almost let 2024 slip away without a column about the 30th anniversary of The Homeless, an important book by scholar Christopher Jencks published in 1994. It included these sentences: "The homeless are indeed just like you and me in most respects. . . . But important as such similarities are, our differences are also important. To ignore them when we talk about the homeless is to substitute sentimentality for compassion." Read More ›