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  • Why Aristotle Believed Common Goods Are More Divine than Private Goods

    Why Aristotle Believed Common Goods Are More Divine than Private Goods0

    In his famous Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle recognizes that we human beings aim at attaining a veritable panoply of goods.  This panoply includes goods as diverse as life, friends, comfortable shoes, a steak dinner, fine wine, health, the virtues, enough money to meet one’s needs, medicine when one is ill, sufficient exercise, and so forth.  All

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  • Why Aren’t There More Female Politicians?

    Why Aren’t There More Female Politicians?0

    In a country that began with actual “Founding Fathers,” it’s easy to buy into the mantra that the patriarchy is a dominant force in American society and thus needs to be minimized. Many feminists now believe women have been oppressed for too long, and it’s time for them to fight back. Consider a recent tweet

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  • Why Aren’t Governments Tackling the Epidemic of Sexual Abuse in America’s Public Schools?

    Why Aren’t Governments Tackling the Epidemic of Sexual Abuse in America’s Public Schools?0

    This week the Washington Post ran a long feature about a school police officer in South Carolina who has been accused of several sexual assaults on high school girls. It turns out that more than 200 police officers have been charged with child sexual abuse between 2005 and 2022. These officers are patrolling schools to prevent mass

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  • Why Aren’t More Schools Teaching Students How to Balance a Checkbook?

    Why Aren’t More Schools Teaching Students How to Balance a Checkbook?0

    Last fall, the “Adulting School” in Portland, Maine opened its doors for the first time. Its mission? To teach young people the practical life skills they never learned growing up, including handling financial matters and cooking a decent meal. That such skills are a necessity for a life of responsible adulthood is undeniable. The question

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  • Why Aren’t Kids Outside Anymore?

    Why Aren’t Kids Outside Anymore?0

    “What is a good age to let kids walk to the park and play without an adult?” That’s the simple, straightforward question someone posted this week on Raising Independent Kids, a Facebook group I run as president of a nonprofit promoting childhood independence. The answers are all very kind and nonjudgmental. No one is screaming,

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  • Why Aren’t Apprenticeships More Popular?

    Why Aren’t Apprenticeships More Popular?0

    Last night I found myself walking down a hallway at a local private college. As I passed what was presumably the philosophy department, I noticed a couple of posted articles declaring the value of a philosophy degree and decrying the recent rush toward apprenticeships. Apparently the philosophy department was doing some thinking and came to

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