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  • C.S. Lewis’ Uncanny Foresight on the Decline of Education

    C.S. Lewis’ Uncanny Foresight on the Decline of Education2

    In the past few years, various reports have surfaced regarding the gifted and talented students being left behind in our school systems. First there was the report that parents were taking their children out of the Minneapolis education system and personally driving them to other school districts. The reason? The Minneapolis district was focusing on

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  • C.S. Lewis’ theory on why so many modern marriages fail

    C.S. Lewis’ theory on why so many modern marriages fail0

    The last several years have seen a rise in articles sounding alarms about the decline of marriage. A Salon article and its accompanying graph from earlier in the summer are a perfect example. According to Salon, marriage rates have dropped roughly 30 percent since 1980, to 6.9 per 1,000 people, and everything from religious decline

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  • C.S. Lewis’ Insight Into Coronoviruses

    C.S. Lewis’ Insight Into Coronoviruses0

    The other day signs seemed to show that the coronavirus outbreak was dying down. Death rates seemed to be dropping and Chinese citizens were heading back to work. Maybe things wouldn’t be as bad as feared. This optimism, it appears, was unfounded. More recent headlines feature news that the virus is alive and well. From CNBC comes

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  • C.S. Lewis’ 5 Writing Tips to a Child

    C.S. Lewis’ 5 Writing Tips to a Child0

    In the eyes of many, some of C.S. Lewis’ greatest works are those he wrote for children, namely, The Chronicles of Narnia. Perhaps it’s not surprising then to hear that Lewis received a number of fan letters from the children who read them. In 1956, C.S. Lewis responded to a letter from a little girl

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  • C.S. Lewis’ ‘Lost’ Parable on the Meaning of Christmas

    C.S. Lewis’ ‘Lost’ Parable on the Meaning of Christmas1

    C.S. Lewis was famous for taking ordinary topics, injecting them with an unexpected twist of thought, and presenting them in a fanciful way for his readers. His thoughts on Christmas are no exception. In 1954, Lewis sat down to write an essay entitled Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus. The essay described the

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  • C.S. Lewis: High Schools Should Focus on the Basics

    C.S. Lewis: High Schools Should Focus on the Basics0

    High schools in America today typically offer students a plethora of classes in math, science, literature, social studies, the arts, foreign languages, and specialized electives. But in the history of Western education, that’s a fairly recent development. From ancient times up until the 18th century, after attending a primary school, students would usually move on

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