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  • This 1886 Cornell English Syllabus May Explain Why College Students Can’t Write

    This 1886 Cornell English Syllabus May Explain Why College Students Can’t Write0

    According to the Nation’s Report Card, only 27 percent of 8th graders attain proficiency in writing. But no problem, right? They’re just leaving middle school. Give them a few years under the instruction of high school English instructors and all will be well. That seems to be wishful thinking, for the Nation’s Report Card shows

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  • This 1848 Essay Perfectly Portrays the 2016 Election

    This 1848 Essay Perfectly Portrays the 2016 Election0

    A couple of days ago Joe Biden announced that he wouldn’t join the roughly 20 candidates running for president in 2016. Regardless of what one thinks of his politics, the Vice President is to be commended. It seems he has resisted the urge and ambition to join the popularity contest and the power and wealth

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  • This 1840 Quote Explains Why Black Graduation Ceremonies are Getting So Much Attention

    This 1840 Quote Explains Why Black Graduation Ceremonies are Getting So Much Attention0

    By now you may have heard about the trend of separate graduation ceremonies. These separate ceremonies are reserved for student groups who feel marginalized on campus and opt to walk for their diploma with those who are most like them. The alternative ceremony with the highest profile occurred in May of 2017, when Harvard held

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  • This 1835 Description of Europe Explains Modern America’s Agitation

    This 1835 Description of Europe Explains Modern America’s Agitation0

    The other day I ran across a simple video from The Perennial Plate. The two-minute film featured Bryan Picard, chef and owner of “The Bite House” in Nova Scotia. Like many of today’s trendy restaurants, The Bite House capitalizes on locally grown food served in a gourmet fashion. The unique aspect of Picard’s restaurant, however,

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  • Thinking Students Rank Last on the Government School Agenda

    Thinking Students Rank Last on the Government School Agenda0

    One of my favorite field trips as a child was my annual summer visit to a one-room schoolhouse where I spent the day dressed in an old-fashioned dress and bonnet, scratching away on a slate and learning lessons out of old McGuffey Readers. At the time, my delight in the McGuffey Readers stemmed from the

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  • Thinking Rationally about Health Care

    Thinking Rationally about Health Care0

    In order to make legislative choices about health care that are both humane and rational, we need to ask and discuss whether health care is a right or a commodity. If some sort or degree of health care is a right, we owe that care to each other regardless of individual ability to pay. If

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