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  • How Classic Cartoons Created a Culturally Literate Generation

    How Classic Cartoons Created a Culturally Literate Generation2

    I recently picked up Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court for the first time. Finding the plot rather amusing, I began relaying it to my father over the weekend. Because he had never read the book, I was rather surprised when he began asking informed questions about the story. In no time

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  • How Cicero Created a Movement of Free Thinkers

    How Cicero Created a Movement of Free Thinkers0

    Cicero was a renowned Roman orator, statesman and writer. He was an enemy of one man rule and a self-described constitutionalist. During the turbulent twilight of the Republic he attempted tirelessly to establish a lasting peace in order to preserve his beloved republican government. Following the death of his daughter Tullia and his exile from

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  • How Christians Used to Fast During Lent

    How Christians Used to Fast During Lent0

    • February 10, 2016

    Today is Ash Wednesday, which signals the beginning of Lent for many Christians. As many of you know, Lent has traditionally been a 40-day period of preparation for Easter accompanied by fasting (going without food and drink) and abstinence (avoiding certain food and drink). However, the practice of fasting and abstinence has largely been abandoned

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  • How Christianity Created Secularism

    How Christianity Created Secularism1

    I’m someone who holds an ongoing interest in the origins of secularism. It’s a fascinating question to me: How did Christianity grow from a small, persecuted movement in Palestine to become the European cultural phenomenon known as “Christendom”, only to be relegated to an ostensibly marginalized position in modern Western society? According to one answer:

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  • How China Weaponizes Mass Migration Against Hong Kong

    How China Weaponizes Mass Migration Against Hong Kong0

    HONG KONG – China has instituted an immigration scheme that allows 150 Mainlanders a day to migrate to Hong Kong, and local officials have no power to vet or control who comes. Protesters say the program is being administered by the Chinese Communist Party in order to dilute Hong Kong identity and make the island more pro-Beijing. What’s viewed in Hong

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  • How Children Learn the Humanity of Trade

    How Children Learn the Humanity of Trade0

    My older children attend a self-directed learning center for unschoolers a couple of days a week. I love to hear the stories they share about what they do during the day. Classes are offered and are generated based on the young people’s interests, but they are entirely voluntary. Kids can attend classes or do their

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