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  • 16 Things Individuals Can Do to Help Bring America Together

    16 Things Individuals Can Do to Help Bring America Together0

    Americans are angry and divided—perhaps more than at any time since the Civil War. Holding strong opinions, especially in defense of truth, is no vice. But failing to bridge our differences and resolve them peacefully is no virtue either. Here’s my “to do” list if you want to be part of the solution instead of

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  • 16 SOURCED Aristotle Quotes

    16 SOURCED Aristotle Quotes0

    1. “All men desire by nature to know.” ~ Metaphysics 2. “Man is by nature a political animal.” ~ Politics 3. “One swallow does not a summer make.” ~ Nicomachean Ethics 4. “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” ~ On the Parts of Animals 5. “Piety requires us to honor

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  • 16 Politically Incorrect Thoughts from H.D. Thoreau

    16 Politically Incorrect Thoughts from H.D. Thoreau0

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was born David Henry Thoreau in Concord, Massachusetts. The son of a pencil maker, Thoreau became one of the finest and most independent thinkers of his day (this free thinking is perhaps evidenced by his early decision to go by Henry David instead of David Henry). A brilliant poet, naturalist, and

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  • 16 Big Myths about College and Success in Your Early 20s

    16 Big Myths about College and Success in Your Early 20s0

    If you’re exiting high school you’re probably being given a lot of advice.  You’re bombarded with stats about average earnings, degrees, majors, resumes, seizing this time in your life, etc.  It’s all pretty standard, conventional fare: Go to the best college you can get into, get good grades, major in something with lots of job

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  • 15 Thoughts from the Father of Modern Propaganda

    15 Thoughts from the Father of Modern Propaganda0

    Fascinatingly, the term propaganda has roots in the Catholic Church’s missionary work and push-back against the Protestant Reformation. Mark Crispin Miller, professor of media studies at New York University, describes the development of the word propaganda as follows: “The word had been coined in 1622, when Pope Gregory XV, frightened by the global spread of

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  • 15 Things You Should Know about the 2018 Partial Government Shutdown

    15 Things You Should Know about the 2018 Partial Government Shutdown0

    1. What just happened? On Friday, the federal government entered a partial shutdown after the Senate failed to pass a spending bill that includes border wall funding. President Trump refuses to sign any additional funding that does not include $5.1 billion in additional money to pay for an extension of the border wall, allowing him

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