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  • Why Cicero Merits Renewed Attention

    Why Cicero Merits Renewed Attention0

    John Adams said of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) that “All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined.” Anthony Everitt called him an “architect of constitutions that still govern our lives.” Thomas Jefferson said the Declaration of Independence was based on “the elementary books of public right, as Aristotle,

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  • Why Christians Should Read Detective Fiction

    Why Christians Should Read Detective Fiction1

    As summer hits its halfway point, many of you may be eagerly awaiting your upcoming beach vacations. And with the beach comes “beach reading,” from Tom Clancy to Danielle Steele and everything in between.  To many educated people, the phrase “beach reading” represents the quickest way to dismiss a book without attacking it outright. Just

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  • Why Christians Must Get Poverty and Inequality Right

    Why Christians Must Get Poverty and Inequality Right0

    Over the last two decades, global poverty has plummeted and the world’s poorest people have steadily climbed out of the shadow of death. Yet many Christians cannot distinguish between dire poverty and income inequality, falsely believe both are worsening, and oppose the very policies that have lifted the world’s poor out of malnutrition. “Why do

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  • Why Children Should Learn to Use Power Tools

    Why Children Should Learn to Use Power Tools0

    When I was about 10 years old, a friend and I attended a summer program for kids. One of the activities involved making a small wooden footstool. We were both quite thrilled with the project, but my friend grew less thrilled when she discovered that one of the adults saw it as his duty to

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  • Why Children Should be Encouraged to Build Things

    Why Children Should be Encouraged to Build Things0

    Several years ago, a little boy I know set out to make and enter a project in the state fair. He gathered his supplies, came up with a design, and forged a hand-crafted knife – blade and all. While his creation was quite impressive, the state fair was not amused and refused to let him

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  • Why Children Ask ‘Why’ (And How You Should Answer Them)

    Why Children Ask ‘Why’ (And How You Should Answer Them)1

    When I was about four years old, I asked my mother one of my first ‘Why?’ questions: ‘Mom, why does Pippo live underwater?’ Mom explained that Pippo, our goldfish, was a fish, and fish live underwater. This answer left me unsatisfied, so I kept enquiring: ‘Why do fish live underwater? Can’t we also live underwater?’

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