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“You people should understand that we only obey Allah, we tread the path of the Prophet. We hope to die on this path … Our goal is the garden of eternal bliss,” said Abubakar Shekau according to Yahoo news. Abubakar Shekau is an Islamist leader of the Nigerian militant group ...

Carl G. Jung, one of my favorite theorists, said this: “Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.” I could very well substitute the last word in his quotation with the word “Facebook,” and the statement would still read true. Facebook has ...

Has Sports Become An Idol? By John Livingston Clark Football, basketball, soccer, baseball, golf, or tennis, which will it be? Eighty-nine percent of Americans believe sports are an important part of the culture. Not only that, according to the Barna Group, sports figures have greater influence than religious leaders. It ...

The world of competitive sports comprises an increasingly large sphere of American culture. Families spend hours ushering their young children to and from athletic practices and games.  High school athletes spend a large portion of their free-time involved in these activities.  Thousands gather in stadiums or in their homes to ...