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  • When Poets Were Rock Stars

    When Poets Were Rock Stars0

    • September 26, 2015

    Today we’re accustomed to crowds of 14,000 gathering for a concert or a sporting event.    Not for a poet reading a lecture on literary criticism.    But that indeed is what happened on April 30, 1956, when T.S. Eliot came to the University of Minnesota. He delivered his lecture “The Frontiers of Criticism” to

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  • When Playing Hooky Leads to Police Investigations, Interrogations, and Fines0

    With Memorial Day Weekend approaching, many Americans may hit the road early to avoid traffic to their favorite holiday destinations, or catch a Thursday flight to make a weekend stay at Grandma’s less rushed. For some German families, who celebrated a three-day weekend last week, taking their kids out of school to get a jumpstart

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  • When Pinball was a ‘Menace to Society’ in America

    When Pinball was a ‘Menace to Society’ in America0

    ‘You step into the little stationery shop – or maybe it’s the corner drug store, the restaurant, the saloon, the roadside inn or the penny arcade. Instantly, the glittering device – its name may be Red Hot, Lineup, Landslide, Brite Spot, Mascot, Three Score or Sporty of Scoop – catches your eye. You walk over

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  • When Parents Track Kids at College

    When Parents Track Kids at College4

    A recent front-page article in The Wall Street Journal – “Surveillance Parents Face the Ultimate Firewall: Freshman Year” — described the difficulty — even agony — some parents are feeling when their kids go off to college and are harder to monitor and help from afar. I don’t blame parents for the fear and loss

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  • When Parents Put Politics Ahead of Faith

    When Parents Put Politics Ahead of Faith0

    After giving a presentation on living a Catholic identity to my church group recently, a grade school teacher from a Catholic school approached me to talk. Noting how she struggles to get the kids engaged in learning about their faith, she declared that they simply aren’t interested in the subject—they are more eager to debate

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  • When One of America’s Most Liberal Colleges Wasn’t So Liberal

    When One of America’s Most Liberal Colleges Wasn’t So Liberal0

    • September 21, 2015

    Oberlin College in Ohio is ranked as one of America’s most liberal colleges, and has become something of a microcosm of the PC culture that pervades college campuses today. Last year they were in the news for publishing an official document advising faculty to avoid presenting potential “triggering material.” Most recently, we highlighted an article

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