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  • 3 Common Words That Never Appear in the Bible (And What That Says About Us)

    3 Common Words That Never Appear in the Bible (And What That Says About Us)0

    In The Mind of the Maker, her brilliant book about theology and art, Dorothy L. Sayers discusses the differences between the biblical and modern attitudes toward life as revealed in the language we use.  Sayers provides an illuminating quote from a Unitarian minister named L. P. Jacks: “I am informed by philologists that the rise

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  • 3 Charts That Show Why Apprenticeship is Increasingly Popular

    3 Charts That Show Why Apprenticeship is Increasingly Popular0

    For a number of years, college was the be-all, end-all goal toward which educators, parents, and government officials directed high school students. But as is becoming ever more clear, the wind has begun to blow in a different direction. Nowhere is this more clear than in a recent article from Education Week, which gushed over

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  • 3 Charts Showing Just How Big Government Has Become

    3 Charts Showing Just How Big Government Has Become0

    Cartoonists, politicians, and other talking heads regularly toss the concept of big government back and forth. But how big is it really? The Competitive Enterprise Institute answers that question in the 2017 edition of “Ten Thousand Commandments.” The following three charts give a brief glimpse into the size and scope of government. 1. U.S. Regulations

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  • 3 Characteristics of Really Good Liars

    3 Characteristics of Really Good Liars0

    We’ve all been had by the lies of a lying liar. Some of us are “had” on a regular basis, and wonder how certain people can be so comfortable with deception. Psychologist Maria Konnikova’s new book might give us some clues. In an interview in The Atlantic, she discussed her new book The Confidence Game,

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  • 3 Brain Puzzles You’ll Probably Fail

    3 Brain Puzzles You’ll Probably Fail1

    The power of the human mind is astonishing. It’s also highly unpredictable. On one hand it is capable of computer-like power; on the other hand, it is at times easily fooled. I’ve always been fascinated by mind puzzles and thought exams that reveal the quirks in human thinking. Below are three puzzles—perhaps you’ve seen one

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  • 3 Books That Explain the Decline of Western Civilization

    3 Books That Explain the Decline of Western Civilization1

    There used to be a lot books about the “decline of the West.” But now that we are well on our way to everything these writers warned us about, we don’t hear that expression much anymore. But we need these kind of books now more than ever. Here are three that help explain what is

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