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  • Why Amish Romance Novels Are So Popular

    Why Amish Romance Novels Are So Popular0

    In the “New and Popular” section of my local public library, there are multiple shelves dedicated to Amish romance novels. Yes, you read that correctly: Amish romance novels. As it turns out there’s quite a market, especially among evangelical Christians, for what’s also waggishly known as “bonnet-ripper” fiction. The three most popular authors of Amish

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  • Over-Optimistic People Aren’t Just Annoying… They’re Also Illogical

    Over-Optimistic People Aren’t Just Annoying… They’re Also Illogical0

    Do you know people like this? If someone offers a critique of the local sports team, they’ll predictably jump in to say that the team is fine and there’s nothing to worry about. If someone expresses frustration with another person, they’ll see it as their duty to speak glowingly of that person and his good

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  • ‘Critical Thinking’—Everyone Talks About It; No One Seems to Know What It Means

    ‘Critical Thinking’—Everyone Talks About It; No One Seems to Know What It Means7

    “Critical thinking” is one of the most popular buzz words used by the education system today. Unfortunately, as education expert Martin Cothran notes, modern educators have no idea how to actually define “critical thinking skills”: “Modern educators love to talk about ‘critical thinking skills,’ but not one in a hundred even knows what he means

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  • Wendell Berry on Consumerism in America

    Wendell Berry on Consumerism in America0

    In one of my favorite movies, 12 Monkeys, Brad Pitt’s character Jeffrey Goines is a bit crazy, and we are first introduced to him in a mental institution. But there is more than a hint of truth in the following rant he makes to Bruce Willis’ character, James Cole: “There’s the television. It’s all right

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