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  • The Ancient Greeks Didn’t Have Preschool

    The Ancient Greeks Didn’t Have Preschool0

    • August 31, 2015

    Nowadays there powerful lobbying efforts to increase government funding for preschool, and even to provide universal preschool. Since 1964, enrollment in preschool has dramatically increased: It is well known that our modern education system in the West derives from that of ancient Greece, which is still upheld as a standard and goal in some circles.

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  • The Analog-Digital Battle Your Children Need to Win

    The Analog-Digital Battle Your Children Need to Win0

    I recently called attention to Beth McMurtrie’s piece, “Is This the End of Reading?” which discusses the decline of reading in our schools and universities. McMurtrie’s piece ended on a bleak note with comments from a professor who suggested that we’re “entering into a hybrid oral-written culture.” He concluded, “Humanity is going to take its

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  • The American Stasi

    The American Stasi0

    The following are excerpts translated from my latest interview with Sputnik News, which was broadcast live on July 19. Q:… What is happening to the freedom of speech in America? Are the current powers-that-be using secret services against journalists deemed troublesome, such as Tucker Carlson? … ST: Tucker Carlson’s evening show is the only mainstream media

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  • The American Spirit Still Lives

    The American Spirit Still Lives0

    Thomas Jefferson described what would become the heart of the American spirit in a brief seven words: “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Many famous people in our country’s history—from the Founding Fathers to people such as Booker T. Washington, Amelia Earhart, and Ronald Reagan—have lived by those sentiments. They knew that life was

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  • The American Royals Venture Into Political Grandstanding

    The American Royals Venture Into Political Grandstanding0

    Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, are constantly in the public eye. Since quitting their jobs as working members of the royal family earlier this year, they have barely stopped to catch their breaths. They are spending lots of money – buying an estate in Santa Barbara, California, for $14.65 million. They are also earning

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  • The American Revolution Was a Culture War

    The American Revolution Was a Culture War0

    Two hundred and forty-seven years ago this month, a group of American opponents of the Crown’s tax policy donned disguises and set about methodically destroying a shipment of tea imported into Boston by the East India Company. The vandals trespassed on privately owned ships in Boston Harbor and threw the tea into the ocean. These

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