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The Reclining of America

Alexis Hamilton | September 8, 2014 | Society

The Reclining of America

Several flights have been diverted in the past month due to fights over the reclining of seats. During the most recent incident, a woman on a flight from LaGuardia to West Palm Beach became irate after the passenger in front of her attempted to recline. The woman...

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Alexis Hamilton

Alexis Hamilton is a graduate of Davidson College in North Carolina and The University of Georgia School of Law.

How to Talk About Fire in a Crowded Room

Alexis Hamilton | July 30, 2014 | Society

How to Talk About Fire in a Crowded Room

As the fighting entered a third week, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Israelis and Palestinians to “stop fighting, start talking, and take on the root causes of the conflict” in Gaza. The renewal of violence in the region sparked a wave of...

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Alexis Hamilton

Alexis Hamilton is a graduate of Davidson College in North Carolina and The University of Georgia School of Law.

Give Me Your Tired and Poor, But Not Your Sick and Elderly

Alexis Hamilton | April 30, 2013 | Society

Since 2009, Washington’s Death with Dignity law has allowed terminally ill individuals to commit medically assisted suicide by obtaining a prescription for a lethal overdose from their doctors. Now, according to Wesley J. Smith’s recent post on his Human...

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Alexis Hamilton

Alexis Hamilton is a graduate of Davidson College in North Carolina and The University of Georgia School of Law.

Quit Your Whining! The "Good News" for Millennials

Alexis Hamilton | April 15, 2013 | Faith

“How many of you feel better after listening to talk radio?” The priest officiating Easter mass asked our church, which was brimming with so many attendees that we spilled out of pews and stood against the back wall. No one raised a hand or yelled,...

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Alexis Hamilton

Alexis Hamilton is a graduate of Davidson College in North Carolina and The University of Georgia School of Law.

How To Avoid Being Consumed By Consumption

Alexis Hamilton | February 21, 2013 | Faith

Hugh Whelchel has a great post over at the IFWE blog describing the impact of runaway consumerism on Christianity. He writes: The problem is not consuming to live, but rather living to consume… Unfortunately, many Christian critiques of consumerism focus on the...

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Alexis Hamilton

Alexis Hamilton is a graduate of Davidson College in North Carolina and The University of Georgia School of Law.