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  • Did You Know a Famous Philosopher Just Died?

    Did You Know a Famous Philosopher Just Died?8

    Had you been a Greek or an educated Roman, you would have known the names of certain philosophers. Any Greek would have known of Socrates, Plato or Aristotle, and maybe even have been able to tell you a few of their important ideas. But if you asked a person on the street today to name

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  • Did We Mishear Neil Armstrong’s Famous First Words on the Moon?

    Did We Mishear Neil Armstrong’s Famous First Words on the Moon?0

    On July 20, 1969, an estimated 650 million people watched in suspense as Neil Armstrong descended a ladder towards the surface of the Moon. As he took his first steps, he uttered words that would be written into history books for generations to come: “That’s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.”

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  • Did U.S. Schools Just Use Poverty as an Excuse for Poor Performance?

    Did U.S. Schools Just Use Poverty as an Excuse for Poor Performance?0

    When it comes to international education rankings, the U.S. ranks 17th in reading, 21st in science, and 26th in math. Unfortunately, the U.S. accounts for these abysmal scores by saying that our large number of poor and disadvantaged students are to blame. But as a new study from the OECD (the organization responsible for the

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  • Did Trump Throw the First Pitch in a Trade War with China?

    Did Trump Throw the First Pitch in a Trade War with China?0

    Despite receiving billions of dollars in subsidies, the U.S. solar panel manufacturing industry is not competitive with Chinese imports. There is a robust solar industry in the United States; it’s just not in the manufacture of panels. As the Wall Street Journal explains: “The U.S. solar industry has discovered that its comparative advantage lies not

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  • Did Truman Capote Write ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’?

    Did Truman Capote Write ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’?3

    Over cocktails a few weeks ago, I was discussing literature with friends. Conversation inevitably swung to which book had the strongest claim as “the Great American Novel.” Huck Finn immediately sprang to my mind, which I quickly changed. It’s a tie, I said. Gone with the Wind and To Kill a Mockingbird. A no-brainer. Neither

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  • Did the Obama Administration Spy on Michael Flynn?

    Did the Obama Administration Spy on Michael Flynn?0

    In his controversial tweet on Sunday, President Trump indicated that he would direct the Justice Department to investigate “whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes—and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!” Is the president hinting that he thinks Michael Flynn,

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