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Sexual desire, in other words, can become a vehicle for consecration if it is acted upon in the proper place and context, and Catholic ethicists ought to emphasize this aspect of their thought if they seek to promote abstinence in a relevant fashion. When one directs his energy towards something meaningful, whether he utilizes intercourse or, in the case of Purim, beer and wine, the spiritual heights he experiences can only be exalted. As long as, to cite Rabbi Isserles, he is doing it for the sake of Heaven...
...impasse in terms of gender equality. Even though around 58 percent of all people earning bachelor’s degrees are females, women seem to be unable to translate this educational advantage into concrete gains in other fields. This dilemma has significant roots in the unwillingness of girls to seek out and take risks, starting as early as preschool...
...higher than the salaries of those who did not, meaning this gender gap in pay could be attributed almost entirely to the fact that women did not ask for more money. Similarly, many of today’s other gender inequalities are rooted in the failure of females to seek out and take necessary risks; men are far more likely to be chief executive officers of major companies and start their own businesses than their female counterparts...
...carbon emissions, but the EPA hasn't specified what those technologies are. Already-built sources of emissions could be even tougher to regulate - the Clean Air Act grandfathered in existing coal plants. And the agency is already facing lawsuits from the state of Texas and from industry groups that seek to prevent the EPA from issuing any regulations at all, arguing that the recent problems in climate science undermine the agency's original endangerment finding...
...basic criticism of reality TV - that it makes people famous for nothing rather than rewarding hard work - is a Puritan streak that is as old as Plymouth Rock: Seek thou not the Folly of Celebrity, but apply thyself with Humility to thy Industry! Well, that's one strain of American values. But there are other American ideas that reality TV taps into: That everybody should have a shot. That sometimes being real is better than being polite. That no matter where you started out, you can hit it big, get lucky and reinvent yourself. In her own way, Jwoww...