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  • Robert Nisbet’s Ten Conditions of Revolution

    Robert Nisbet’s Ten Conditions of Revolution0

    One of the twentieth century’s most astute observers of society, sociologist, historian, and man of letters, Professor Robert Nisbet (1913-1996), offered ten conditions of revolution. By this, he meant not what we want to label revolution (which is cheap and easy to do), but what really constitutes revolution. He wrote these after years of observing,

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  • Robert Frost, Original Sin, and Why Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

    Robert Frost, Original Sin, and Why Good Fences Make Good Neighbors0

    “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” wrote poet Robert Frost. In the opening line to his famous poem, “Mending Wall,” Frost explores one of the mysteries of fallen human nature. Everyone feels both a need for and an aversion to order. His questioning of the role of walls tries to explain this contradiction.

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  • Robert E. Lee Wasn’t Hitler

    Robert E. Lee Wasn’t Hitler0

    Many Americans are aware of the effort to remove Confederate monuments across America.  Whether one believes the effort is a justified action or misguided iconoclasm, there is no question the debate has opened old wounds. There are valid reasons why one may not one wish to have in their city or university a monument honoring

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  • Roadschooling: The Latest Education Frontier?

    Roadschooling: The Latest Education Frontier?0

    Christine Lindstrom and her family have been a part of the roadschooling movement for the last three years. This relatively recent phenomenon has much in common with traditional homeschooling. The place of education, however, just happens to be on wheels. When asked why she didn’t think the public school system was the right option for

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  • Ritalin Doctor Questions Using Drugs to Treat ADHD

    Ritalin Doctor Questions Using Drugs to Treat ADHD1

    Ever had a friend jump from one subject to another and then explain their distraction by joking that they have ADHD? The fact that lots of us have indicates how commonplace the ADHD diagnosis has become. According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 11 percent of children were diagnosed with the condition

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  • Rising Costs Aren’t Stopping Young Couples From Having Kids

    Rising Costs Aren’t Stopping Young Couples From Having Kids0

    It’s no secret that rising costs are devastating Americans right now, and that young people are feeling the brunt of it. For the generation currently starting families, these costs are particularly stressful. Undoubtedly, the prospect of pinching pennies to pay for astronomical labor and delivery bills, car seats, formula, and strollers on top of life’s

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