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  • 6 Facts about Caesar’s Assassination a Culturally-Literate Person Should Know

    6 Facts about Caesar’s Assassination a Culturally-Literate Person Should Know0

    Today is the Ides of March, on which date Julius Caesar was assassinated over 2,000 years ago. Reading through at least one of the historical accounts of Julius Caesar’s assassination used to be a staple of American education, but not so anymore. As such, details of his assassination which were previously common knowledge are now

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  • 6 Extremely Relevant Quotes from C.S. Lewis’ Abolition of Man

    6 Extremely Relevant Quotes from C.S. Lewis’ Abolition of Man0

    • August 5, 2015

    Given the national debate raging about Planned Parenthood’s trafficking of human body parts to advance scientific knowledge, it’s worth turning to one of the 20th century’s noted philosophers on the relation of power, man’s desire for scientific knowledge, and what, if any, ethics should rein in our desires. Below are six extremely relevant quotations from

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  • 6 Education Cartoons That Tell It Like It Is0

    • May 28, 2015

    1. (Above) We’re not all the same. Everybody knows that we’re not all the same with the exception of—apparently—public school administrators and curriculum writers.   2. The condescension is palpable today, even if it’s not based on any evidence. Fact: college isn’t for everyone, and there are good options for those who choose not to get a

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  • 6 Distressing Characteristics of the “Mass Man”

    6 Distressing Characteristics of the “Mass Man”0

    One of the most noteworthy critics of the modern age was the German academic (with a not-so-German name) Romano Guardini (1885-1968). Among others, his thoughts on technology and the environment have influenced Pope Francis, as was apparent in his recent encyclical Laudato Si. In his essay The End of the Modern World, Guardini claims that the rise

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  • 6 Charts that Show the Divide Between Rural and Urban America

    6 Charts that Show the Divide Between Rural and Urban America0

    Editor’s note: We’ve all heard of the great divide between life in rural and urban America. But what are the factors that contribute to these differences? We asked sociologists, economists, geographers and historians to describe the divide from different angles. The data paint a richer and sometimes surprising picture of the U.S. today. 1. Poverty

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  • 6 Brilliant Authors Who Died Penniless

    6 Brilliant Authors Who Died Penniless0

    The many authors we hail today as cultural and literary geniuses are often assumed to have been recognized as such during their lifetimes, living successful – at least financially successful – lives. However, that assumption is often not the case. The five authors below were not as popular during their lives as they are now

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