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  • Why You Should Talk to People You Disagree With About Politics

    Why You Should Talk to People You Disagree With About Politics202

    If you talked to friends or family about politics over Thanksgiving, you might not have changed each other’s minds. But don’t be discouraged – and consider talking with them again as the holiday season continues. As a scholar of political dialogue, for the past decade I have been studying conversations between people who disagree about politics. What

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  • Why You Should Stay in Your Hometown

    Why You Should Stay in Your Hometown0

    On the whole, it would appear to be for the best that the great majority of human beings should go on living in the place in which they were born. —T.S. Eliot, Notes towards the Definition of Culture Americans have never learned to cherish permanence. Alexis de Tocqueville once said that an American will build

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  • Why You Should Spend More Money on Experiences Than Things

    Why You Should Spend More Money on Experiences Than Things0

    The pursuit of happiness is something that I’d say about 99 percent of the people on this planet are chasing after. Happiness is at the foundation of why we do anything, right? Every single choice we make in life will be and has been based on how we’re feeling in the moment.   There’s a

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  • Why You Should Read and Write Poetry

    Why You Should Read and Write Poetry0

    In this dull utilitarian age, there seems little less useful than poetry. What good is it? There are few who get rich writing or publishing poetry, and when it comes to practicality, it is practically good for nothing. On second consideration, however, reading and writing poetry is extremely practical, and because our techno-utilitarian age is

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  • Why You Should Read Almost EVERYTHING Written by One Author

    Why You Should Read Almost EVERYTHING Written by One Author0

    The overwhelming emphasis in education today is on diversity. No, I’m not just speaking about the ideology of diversity so often attacked by conservatives. In this post, I’m principally speaking about the diversity in teachers and materials. The modern ideal is for students to switch out teachers each year—and beginning in middle school or high

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  • Why You Should Never Argue Balls and Strikes (in Baseball or Life)

    Why You Should Never Argue Balls and Strikes (in Baseball or Life)0

    At times, watching baseball is tedious. The pitcher steps off the mound. The hitter steps out of the box. The catcher runs out to talk to the pitcher, and the game drags on.  Average game time has stretched to over 3 hours, and there seems to be no rhythm to the game. Then there are

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