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  • Thomas Jefferson Had Some Issues with Newspapers

    Thomas Jefferson Had Some Issues with Newspapers0

    Thomas Jefferson truly believed that a free people require a free press. On the other hand, he really loathed newspapers, as illustrated by the following 10 quotes: 1. “The most effectual engines for [pacifying a nation] are the public papers… [A despotic] government always [keeps] a kind of standing army of newswriters who, without any

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  • Thomas Jefferson could teach Trump about American Greatness

    Thomas Jefferson could teach Trump about American Greatness0

    “The American Dream is dead,” Donald Trump has proclaimed. Trump assures us not to worry because he is “gonna make it bigger and better and stronger than ever before.” And then comes Trumps’ oft-repeated punchline: “We are going to make America great again.” Where is American Greatness Found? In his book The Concept of Mind,

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  • Thomas Edison Would Have Been Given Adderall Today

    Thomas Edison Would Have Been Given Adderall Today1

    “The trouble with our way of educating is that it does not give elasticity to the mind. It casts the brain into a mold. It insists that the child must accept. It does not encourage original thought or reasoning, and it lays more stress on memory than observation.” – Thomas Edison In 1855, when he

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  • This Week I Was Denied a Service Because of the Company’s Values—And I’m Okay With That

    This Week I Was Denied a Service Because of the Company’s Values—And I’m Okay With That2

    This week I was denied a service because the company’s values are at odds with the values that Alliance Defending Freedom stands for—values I personally hold. And guess what? I’m okay with that. Allow me to explain. As a writer, I’m always looking to improve my skills. And working for a no-debt ministry like Alliance

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  • This University President Can’t Take a Joke

    This University President Can’t Take a Joke0

    A university president recently addressed his campus community about an incident that had shaken his Wisconsin school. “The last few days have been painful ones for many members of our community, as they have also been for me,” wrote Lawrence University’s Mark Burstein. “The event and its aftermath have left many students wondering whether the University cares

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  • This Unique Form of Education is Putting Normal District Schools to Shame

    This Unique Form of Education is Putting Normal District Schools to Shame0

    • August 18, 2015

    We’ve reached the dog days of summer, and it’s time for many people to head back to school. Increasingly, though, many children are not heading back to the normal district school to which they are assigned. Instead, many parents are choosing to send their children to language immersion schools where almost all of the instruction

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