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  • Way Too Many Books Are Being Published

    Way Too Many Books Are Being Published0

    In the past week, I’ve seen online a number of lists bearing some title to the effect of “Best Books I Read in 2017.” I somewhat enjoy looking at these lists, both for their recommendations, and for the windows they provide into their composers. But I must admit that I mostly find them stressful and

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  • Waving Is Good for Us

    Waving Is Good for Us0

    America: Keep on waving. Hello! Goodbye! Welcome! Miss you already! And even: This Zoom meeting has come to an end. All of these deserve a wave, and we must resist the impulse to let the hand lie inert. For in truth, the wave keeps our humanity afloat. “Waving is good on so many levels,” says

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  • Watch this 17-Year Old Kid Explain Why He Won’t Go to College

    Watch this 17-Year Old Kid Explain Why He Won’t Go to College0

    You might still believe that college is a great investment for nearly everyone. You might still hold to the view that a great education benefits the student and the whole of society. You might even agree with the politicians who are figuring out how to drive more people into college.  Even if all that is

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  • Watch the Growth of the World’s 10 Largest Economies over the Last 60 Years

    Watch the Growth of the World’s 10 Largest Economies over the Last 60 Years0

    In economics, GDP (gross domestic product) is defined as “the total value of goods produced and services provided” in a nation in a given year. If you’re not a student or teacher of economics, you probably don’t hear a lot about GDP unless it happens to be trending the wrong way and a nation finds

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  • Washington Post Concedes That Government Spending on Education Has Increased, Not Decreased

    Washington Post Concedes That Government Spending on Education Has Increased, Not Decreased0

    “The biggest problem plaguing U.S. public schools [is] a lack of resources.”  So claims Robert Pianta, dean of the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education, in an op-ed published last week in The Washington Post. In fact, Pianta asserts, government spending on K-12 education actually has declinedsince the 1980s.  These claims are inaccurate, as federal government

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  • Washington on the 3 Qualities a President Should Have

    Washington on the 3 Qualities a President Should Have0

    On June 15th, 1775, the newly formed American Congress appointed George Washington as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. As was the case when eventually elected as America’s first president, Washington’s letters to family and friends demonstrate his extreme reluctance in accepting such an honorable, but demanding, position. The following letter to his friend Colonel

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