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  • Top 10 Books Taught in College Philosophy Courses

    Top 10 Books Taught in College Philosophy Courses0

    For most of Western history, philosophy held a place of the highest honor in education. Studies in philosophy would begin at about age 15 and continue through age 18… and beyond for those who chose to specialize in the subject. America’s schools more or less followed this same pattern of philosophical studies until toward the

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  • Too Young? Too Old? What Age Restrictions Reveal About Our Humanity

    Too Young? Too Old? What Age Restrictions Reveal About Our Humanity0

    On December 20, 2019, President Donald Trump signed into law the $738 billion Defense Spending Bill. In addition to providing for our nation’s military needs, the bill raised the legal age for smoking nationwide to 21 within the next year. This restriction includes both traditional tobacco products and vaping.   By 1988, all states implemented

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  • Too Busy? You Might Have Action Bias.

    Too Busy? You Might Have Action Bias.0

    The greeting starts out routine. You bump into a friend at the grocery store and they ask how you are. You find yourself thinking you aren’t that busy, at least, not enough to describe how you are. Things have settled down and work and family are status quo. Do you hesitate to say it… that

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  • Tony Dungy Speaks Out on NFL Players Kneeling During National Anthem

    Tony Dungy Speaks Out on NFL Players Kneeling During National Anthem0

    Tony Dungy was a guest on ESPN’s “Mike and Mike” on Thursday morning. During his visit, the NFL Hall of Fame football coach was asked about the recent practice of players kneeling during the national anthem as a form of social protest, which began last year with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick,

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  • Tolkien’s Odd Alternate Ending to ‘The Lord of the Rings’

    Tolkien’s Odd Alternate Ending to ‘The Lord of the Rings’0

    There are many reasons J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings is considered one of the greatest stories of all-time. (It was voted the best book of the 20th century in a UK readers’ poll a decade and a half ago, and not for the first time.)    I’m convinced that one of

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  • Tolkien’s Fatherly Advice to His Son on Sex

    Tolkien’s Fatherly Advice to His Son on Sex0

    J.R.R. Tolkien is known today for best-selling novels in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit. But all of Tolkien’s time was not spent dreaming up tales of Middle-Earth. In fact, he was creating a more realistic story through the life he lived with his wife and four children: John, Michael, Christopher, and

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