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  • Now Schools are Testing Students on Their Emotional Skills?!?

    Now Schools are Testing Students on Their Emotional Skills?!?0

    Since there haven’t been enough problems already with testing in schools, schools in California will begin testing students’ “social-emotional skills” this year, says the New York Times. National and international standardized tests are moving toward the same practice.  According to the article, the social-emotional skills schools are looking for are things like joy, “grit” (a

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  • Novak Djokovic, Aaron Rodgers, Kyrie Irving, and the Fight for Medical Freedom

    Novak Djokovic, Aaron Rodgers, Kyrie Irving, and the Fight for Medical Freedom0

    With the most Grand Slams, Masters titles, weeks at number one, and year-end number-one rankings, Novak Djokovic is arguably the greatest tennis player who has ever lived. He has also been a staunch advocate of medical freedom—a stance that came to the fore during the COVID years and has made headlines again this week. During

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  • Notre Dame Prof: Our Schools Are Committing ‘Civilizational Suicide’

    Notre Dame Prof: Our Schools Are Committing ‘Civilizational Suicide’0

    Dr. Patrick Deneen has taught in some of America’s finest universities. He has been a professor at Princeton, Georgetown, and is now in the political science department at Notre Dame. So what’s his assessment of America’s best students? “My students are know-nothings.” In an extremely important essay posted to Minding the Campus titled “How a

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  • Notre Dame Prof: America Can’t Be Saved; It Must Be Re-Founded

    Notre Dame Prof: America Can’t Be Saved; It Must Be Re-Founded0

    A poll this past summer showed that 79% of Americans believe their country is headed in the wrong direction. Patrick Deneen, a well-respected Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, is one of them. However, the reason he believes America is in decline is unique. Most people—“conservatives” especially—typically accept the narrative that

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  • Notre Dame Prof Calls Higher Ed Today ‘Bullshit’

    Notre Dame Prof Calls Higher Ed Today ‘Bullshit’0

    Every week it seems like we hear from a professor who has become disillusioned with the higher education system. The latest one is Christian Smith, professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Last week, his jeremiad against the modern university appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Smith’s beginning two paragraphs set the

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  • Notre Dame May Be Rebuilt as a Secular Monument

    Notre Dame May Be Rebuilt as a Secular Monument0

    The flames that consumed the spire of Notre Dame and burned the 856-year-old church to its foundations could have been doused by the tears of the faithful. If France heeds calls to rebuild the cathedral as a reflection of what modern “French people want,” the new structure may be flooded by their tears. The fire,

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