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  • 3 Tips from Ernest Dimnet on Choosing Books—For Yourself and For Your Children

    3 Tips from Ernest Dimnet on Choosing Books—For Yourself and For Your Children0

    I have a problem. This problem doesn’t consume me, but it often concerns me. It can lead me to inaction and make me doubt my judgment.  The problem is this—I often struggle with how to choose a book.  I have this problem with my home library, my local library, and my work library. Most often, I

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  • 3 Tips from Aristotle on Fighting Loneliness

    3 Tips from Aristotle on Fighting Loneliness0

    Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and for many the day is a taunting reminder of what they feel is their unlovable, lonely state. According to one source, continual loneliness afflicts one-fifth of Americans. Such a statistic is quite saddening, but is it possible for individuals to pull themselves out loneliness? Aristotle might answer that question

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  • 3 Tips for Practicing Everyday Hospitality

    3 Tips for Practicing Everyday Hospitality3

    It’s not hard to imagine grandiose examples of hospitality. The older woman who hosts a crop of teenagers in her home every Thursday night. The man who frequently invites church visitors to his family’s Sunday dinner. The neighbor who throws quarterly block parties and welcomes the whole town. In these situations, hospitality is obvious (and,

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  • 3 Things You Need to be Friends with People You Disagree With

    3 Things You Need to be Friends with People You Disagree With0

    I spent the past weekend relaxing with old friends. While it was a busy weekend, we had plenty of time to catch up. Over the course of the weekend, we discovered how much we have changed in just a few years. We live very different lives and hold very different—I would even say opposing—views on

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  • 3 Things U.S. Schools Can Learn from Finland

    3 Things U.S. Schools Can Learn from Finland0

    Fulbright Scholar William Doyle once again wrote about his experiences as a U.S. transplant in the Finnish education system. According to Doyle, Finland – a nation whose high scores on the international PISA exam have amazed many – has a number of practices from which the U.S. education system might benefit. A few of these

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  • 3 Things the U.S. Could Learn from Israel’s Education System

    3 Things the U.S. Could Learn from Israel’s Education System0

    It’s no secret that the U.S. has a mediocre education system. When ranked against other first-world nations, it’s not hard to see that a continuation of such trends will eventually leave America flailing in business, industry, and innovation. But is there a way to remedy this problem of labor force ingenuity – even without improving

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