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  • What Can the Men From ‘The Lord of The Rings’ Books Teach Us Today?

    What Can the Men From ‘The Lord of The Rings’ Books Teach Us Today?7

    In sorrow, we must go, but not in despair. Behold! We are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory. Near the close of The Return of the King, Aragorn proclaims these words of farewell, seeking to comfort his friends as they depart to their homes

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  • What Can Parents Do When School Isn’t Working for Their Child?

    What Can Parents Do When School Isn’t Working for Their Child?1

    Now is often the time of year when parents begin looking into other learning options and schooling alternatives for their kids. The new school year has been in session for several weeks and some parents may be finding that bubbling issues may have reached a boiling point. Perhaps their child isn’t a good match with

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  • What C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Tells Us About the Coming Election

    What C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Tells Us About the Coming Election0

    Americans, finally facing the prospect of the mano-a-mano portion of the 2020 presidential campaign, have already learned that previous complainers about the negativity, underhandedness, and attack-dog nature of politics didn’t know how good they had it. Abetted by technologies that increase the reach and power of smear campaigns and by mechanisms that allow far more

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  • What C.S. Lewis Thought of Testing

    What C.S. Lewis Thought of Testing0

    As recent years have seen a rising number of high-stakes tests for children in elementary, middle, and high school, more and more Americans are beginning to question the wisdom of testing. Claims of burnt-out, stressed children permeate the news and have caused many parents to join the growing opt-out movement. Like today’s parents and teachers,

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  • What Bureaucrats Secretly Crave

    What Bureaucrats Secretly Crave0

    Good ol’ Tom Wolfe, author of The Bonfire of the Vanities, has a great description of bureaucrats and what they secretly crave in his short piece Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers. If you’ve ever been at the mercy of a bureaucrat demanding the proper forms, this one will probably resonate with you. “There are those who

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  • What Brandt Jean Taught About Forgiveness

    What Brandt Jean Taught About Forgiveness0

    Some weren’t satisfied with the ten-year sentence Amber Guyger received for killing Botham Jean. Law professor Kami Chavis saw the sentence as “inadequate.” Chavis said, “People are angry, and I would think understandably so. Because in our community, we have seen people spend more time in prison for nonviolent offenses than she will spend after

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