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  • Americans Need Charming Humor, Not Sarcastic Wit

    Americans Need Charming Humor, Not Sarcastic Wit0

    The Times of London recently reported this protest at Oxford University: How do you respond when placard-waving students occupy your 15th-century quadrangle and refuse to leave until you sell the college’s shares in oil companies? As this is Oxford, naturally you present them with a philosophical dilemma. Two students at St John’s College wrote to Andrew Parker,

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  • Americans Need a Lesson From ‘The 1620 Project’

    Americans Need a Lesson From ‘The 1620 Project’0

    This week marks a momentous anniversary for the United States. On September 16, 1620, the Pilgrims set off on the voyage which launched the birth of a new nation. Once upon a time, such an anniversary would have been greeted with pomp and circumstance. As Mark David Hall notes in his Chronicles article, “The 1620

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  • Americans Just Love Cheating

    Americans Just Love Cheating0

    “CBS This Morning” in August featured a story titled “The staggering cost of fertility treatments,” which reported that in vitro fertilizations (IVF) “cost more than $10,000 per cycle and freezing your eggs on average is between $30,000 and $40,000.” CBS interviewed Julie Alvin of Refinery 29, which on Aug. 19 featured an article titled “I’m 40, Have Little Savings,

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  • Americans Have Almost Entirely Forgotten Their History

    Americans Have Almost Entirely Forgotten Their History0

    In America, we celebrate democracy and are justifiably proud that this nation was founded on the idea that the people should rule. That’s why it is so important that Americans be informed about their government. They are partakers in it. In fact, they control it. Under tyrannical systems, it matters little if the people are

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  • Americans Don’t Read… and That’s Affecting Our Elections

    Americans Don’t Read… and That’s Affecting Our Elections0

    In 2013, the Nation’s Report Card showed that only 38% of high school seniors were proficient in reading. With scores like that, the U.S. isn’t likely to earn the “most literate country” award any time soon. So what is America’s international literacy ranking? According to The Washington Post, the U.S. places seventh behind Nordic countries

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  • Americans Don’t Even Know How to Make Their Own Food Anymore

    Americans Don’t Even Know How to Make Their Own Food Anymore0

    It’s no secret that Americans like to eat – particularly at restaurants. Just last spring Bloomberg reported that Americans now spend more on dining out than they do on groceries. However, companies such as Plated and Blue Apron are trying to encourage more Americans to eat-in. They deliver meal kits to customers’ homes which offer

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