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  • Why College Students Have More in Common with Non-PC Authors Than They Realize

    Why College Students Have More in Common with Non-PC Authors Than They Realize0

    Several years ago, I visited the two-room shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, in which Elvis Presley was born and in which he spent his childhood. To my great surprise, one of the few items hanging from the sparsely decorated walls of the home was a framed copy of Rudyard Kipling’s poem, “If,” which I knew well,

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  • A Morning with Big Brother

    A Morning with Big Brother0

    I have long since broken the habit of watching television. We don’t have TV in the house and I relish all the good things that fill the time that would otherwise have been wasted in watching it: Conversation; unhurried dinners at the table with my wife and children; conversation; reading books with my daughter; reading

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  • Can Shakespeare Save Civilization?

    Can Shakespeare Save Civilization?0

    Perhaps an apology might be necessary for the sheer audacity of beginning any essay with such a question and with such a seemingly absurd claim. Of course, Shakespeare cannot save civilization, at least not on his own. Perhaps we should rephrase things a little, asking a slightly different question: Can Civilization be Saved without Shakespeare?

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  • Who’s on the Right Side of History?

    Who’s on the Right Side of History?1

    It has become a commonplace in modern political polemic to talk about being on the right side of history. It is a phrase commonly employed by those who consider themselves “enlightened” or “progressive” and is used to condemn political opponents for being on the wrong side of history, or as being historically incorrect. As usual,

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