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  • 6 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Books Actually Worth Reading

    6 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Books Actually Worth Reading4

    When I was a young teen, I found it odd that so many assigned books were, well, rubbish. Many of these books were critically acclaimed, and some of them had even won literary awards. But oftentimes authors seemed verbose, overwrought, and moralistic (in a postmodern sense). No, the pipe-smoking literary snobs in their tweed coats

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  • 6 Problematic Quotes from the Founder of America’s Education System

    6 Problematic Quotes from the Founder of America’s Education System1

    • September 25, 2015

    Horace Mann is known as the “father of American public education.” Motivated by a desire to both further the moral improvement of mankind and preserve the American republic, Mann led the Common School Movement that eventually resulted in the public education system America knows today. As children bear the marks of their parents, so America’s

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  • 6 Presidential Quotes Honoring the Bill of Rights

    6 Presidential Quotes Honoring the Bill of Rights0

    December 15th marks the 224th birthday of the U.S. Bill of Rights. Originally drafted in 1789, the document addressed many of the qualms people had with the Constitution by guaranteeing freedom of religion, freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, the right to a trial by jury, and many other freedoms which we often

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  • 6 Lesser-Known Historical Sites in Rome

    6 Lesser-Known Historical Sites in Rome0

    In my junior year of college, I had the fortune of studying abroad in Rome for six months, which afforded me enough time to wander the city and visit many of its sites. I of course saw the most visited sites in Rome: the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain, the Sistine Chapel, and the

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  • 6 Key Takeaways From Trump’s Big UN Speech

    6 Key Takeaways From Trump’s Big UN Speech0

    In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump delivered remarks in many ways unlike those previous U.S. presidents have delivered before the world body. Along with remarks that broadly projected statesmanlike leadership, the speech was sprinkled with vintage Trump rhetoric, such as a derogatory nickname for North Korean dictator Kim

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  • 6 Key Elements in Understanding the Tangled Uranium One Scandal

    6 Key Elements in Understanding the Tangled Uranium One Scandal0

    Two House committees are investigating the tangled deal involving Russia, its acquiring of U.S. uranium, and Bill and Hillary Clinton. But the multiple layers that lawmakers, and potentially a special counsel, will explore take some unpacking. The probe addresses unanswered questions about the Uranium One mining company’s ties to the Clinton Foundation, the nonprofit founded

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