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  • How to Make Friends as a Lonely Adult

    How to Make Friends as a Lonely Adult0

    Late this summer I met with several recent college graduates for lunch. We were chatting away when one of them fired off a question that caught me by surprise. “Annie,” this young lady asked, “what did you do to make friends?” I suddenly realized the situation these girls were in. They were on their own

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  • How to Make America Smart Again

    How to Make America Smart Again0

    • March 15, 2019

    Over the past week America has been fascinated and appalled by the latest college admissions cheating scandal. Much of the attention has been focused on the bribing of coaches to get kids into school with fake athletic credentials. But the even more absurd part of the scandal is that parents were paying between $15,000 and $75,000

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  • How to Maintain a Partisan Friendship During an Election Year

    How to Maintain a Partisan Friendship During an Election Year0

    Throughout literary history, without concern for era or genre, there have been a slew of authors who happen to strike up long-lived friendships with fellow writers. Tolkien and Lewis, Emerson and Louisa May Alcott, and Twain and Ulysses S. Grant comprise a few exemplary pairs of writer-friends. However, one relationship among literary giants is often

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  • How to Lose the War on Terror

    How to Lose the War on Terror0

    Terrorism’s goal is principally psychological. So, in the wake of events like those in Paris, a good starting point is to refuse to take the bait and become victims to fear. Such a mindset must break away from simplistic notions such as that another round of “tougher” laws will equate to greater security. The production

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  • How to Lose Every Argument

    How to Lose Every Argument0

    Usually, I’m hesitant to lay ultimatums down saying that one tactic or another will never, ever work. That makes a lot of assumptions that I’m not qualified to make, However, I would say that with certain goals, being uncivil harms, not helps, the cause. This is true for any cause. But it is especially true

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  • How to Lose a Constitution – Lessons from Roman History

    How to Lose a Constitution – Lessons from Roman History0

    I begin with this remark of the celebrated Roman historian Livy, written 2,000 years ago: There is an exceptionally beneficial and fruitful advantage to be derived from the study of the past. There you see, set in the clear light of historical truth, examples of every possible type. From these you can select for yourself

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