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  • Is School Literature Driving Our Dysfunctional Society?

    Is School Literature Driving Our Dysfunctional Society?0

    Over the weekend, I traveled with some friends to tour the Betsy-Tacy houses in Mankato, Minnesota (shown in the image above). The refurbished homes are replicas of the ones discussed in the famous children’s book series of the same name, written in the mid-twentieth century by Maud Hart Lovelace. For those unfamiliar with the books,

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  • Is School Curriculum Preventing Kids from Reading?

    Is School Curriculum Preventing Kids from Reading?0

    When I was five, I nabbed the book my mother was reading out loud and used my fledgling phonics to sound out the captions below the pictures. Since then, reading has been one of my favorite pastimes. But when I was in second grade, my English curriculum dictated a unit study on the Beatrix Potter

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  • Is School Choice a Trojan Horse?

    Is School Choice a Trojan Horse?3

    School choice: It’s a term that has been making the rounds in the cultural discourse, particularly since the school closures in 2020. On the surface, giving parents and students more opportunity sounds good, but have we truly considered all of its potential consequences? What Is School Choice? Most generally, school choice “allows public education funds

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  • Is Russia Part of Western Civilization?

    Is Russia Part of Western Civilization?0

    A recent tweet by conservative columnist and vlogger Dennis Prager about the news media posing a greater threat to “Western civilization” than Russia has prompted a fierce backlash on online media. It has also indirectly given voice to an age-old question about Russia: is she Western, or not? Are Russia and America bound by the

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  • Is Romance Dead? Only if You Make It So.

    Is Romance Dead? Only if You Make It So.3

    In the hit song “Some Enchanted Evening” from the Rodgers and Hammerstein 1949 musical “South Pacific,” which takes place during World War II, the French expatriate Emile sings of his love for Nellie, a young and naïve Navy nurse. The song is a general take on love and romance, of seeing a woman, a stranger,

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  • Is Respect Vanishing from Society?

    Is Respect Vanishing from Society?0

    Last summer, when Pokémon Go was the latest rage, the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. made a special request for visitors to stop playing the game within the museum. Doing so, the museum explained, brought a new level of disrespect to those who had lost their lives to the prejudices of Hitler and his followers.

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