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  • The Three-Footed Deer: An American Metaphor

    The Three-Footed Deer: An American Metaphor0

    My neighborhood near Front Royal, Virginia is home to several deer, nearly all of them does. It’s a pleasure to watch them graze or glide across the lawns of this community, pausing as they nibble the grass to stare at me or disappearing soundlessly into the woods surrounding the houses and yards. And then there’s

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  • The Three Traits Warren Buffett Looks for in an Employee

    The Three Traits Warren Buffett Looks for in an Employee0

    From time to time I speak to young professionals trying to make their mark on the world in politics, academia, or journalism. The question I encounter the most is this: “What’s the best career advice you give to young people trying to make it.” My answer often touches on the importance of perseverance, because it’s

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  • The Three Things Every Good Man Wants to Do for Women

    The Three Things Every Good Man Wants to Do for Women0

    “Anything you can do, I can do better,” runs the old song from “Annie Get Your Gun.” Although once a humorous look at the battle between the sexes, today the song is a fitting anthem to the reign of girl power in society. Women, it is thought, can and should do everything that men do.

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  • The Three Stooges Make a Comeback

    The Three Stooges Make a Comeback6

    “The rewards for being sane are not many, but knowing what’s funny is one of them.” Thus spoke the late novelist Kingsley Amis through a character in his work, Stanley and the Women. Whether I am sane may be a point of contention, especially since the hammer blows from the political and cultural disasters of

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  • The Three Rs: Let’s Pass Them Along to Our Young People

    The Three Rs: Let’s Pass Them Along to Our Young People0

    Room 241, a blog maintained by Portland’s Concordia University, reports these dismaying statistics regarding the current state of the Three Rs – reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic – in America. More than 30 million American adults cannot read, write, or do math above a third-grade level. Seventy-five percent of American prison inmates either never graduated from high school

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  • The Threat to Free Speech at Missouri

    The Threat to Free Speech at Missouri0

    According to various news sources, the police at the University of Missouri are asking students to report “hateful and hurtful speech”. Here’s the document reported by The Daily Caller: As the police admit, hateful and hurtful speech “are not crimes”. Yet, they also indicate that the University of Missouri can take disciplinary action. And here

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