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  • 4 Good Reasons to Say ‘Men’ Instead of ‘Men and Women’

    4 Good Reasons to Say ‘Men’ Instead of ‘Men and Women’0

    As our culture descends into confusion about gender, there’s more and more talk about changing our language to accommodate it. Unfortunately, if your language has to be brought into conformity with confused thinking, you end up with confused language. Jacques Barzun was one of the greatest humanities scholars of the twentieth century. In the book

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  • 4 Common Myths About the Human Brain

    4 Common Myths About the Human Brain0

    We know that the human brain is special, how could it not be?  But in what ways is it truly special? Neuroscience is here to debunk some popular myths about the human brain and what makes it so unique when compared to the brains of other animals. Here are four myths about the human brain

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  • 4 Common Capitalism Myths Debunked

    4 Common Capitalism Myths Debunked0

    One of the most disappointing things I face as a college professor is the lack of understanding most students have regarding capitalism. The simple fact is, despite its importance to our daily lives, relatively few people have a strong grasp of what causes economic growth and why markets are so central to continuously rising standards

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  • 4 Blasphemies From John Stuart Mill on Public Education

    4 Blasphemies From John Stuart Mill on Public Education0

    On May 20th, 1806, one of the great philosophers of the 19th century was born: John Stuart Mill. Known for his promotion of utilitarianism, a philosophy declaring that “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness,” Mill also penned a number of

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  • 4 Bits of Advice from Ben Franklin on How to Be a ‘Rational Being’

    4 Bits of Advice from Ben Franklin on How to Be a ‘Rational Being’0

    Have you ever noticed that there seem to be fewer calm and level-headed people these days? Almost everyone seems to operate through a lens of emotion and feeling rather than plain ol’ common sense. This is perhaps no surprise as schools and society have encouraged a feelings-oriented approach to life through the advancement of positive

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  • 32 Million U.S. Adults are “Functionally Illiterate”… What Does That Even Mean?

    32 Million U.S. Adults are “Functionally Illiterate”… What Does That Even Mean?3

    • August 26, 2015

    In a few of our blog posts we’ve mentioned the statistic that 32 million (1 in 7) adults in the U.S. are considered “functionally illiterate.” There have been some questions about the meaning of this mysterious term “functionally illiterate,” so I have provided something in the way of an explanation below. The most frequently referenced

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