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  • Yet the Whos Sang Merrily

    Yet the Whos Sang Merrily0

    Last Christmas Eve, I was in the ER. My husband was deployed, and I’d been fighting a nasty illness for weeks. Things took a turn for the worse on Christmas Eve, and so my dad drove me to the hospital around 11 o’clock that evening. “This isn’t how Christmas is supposed to be,” I remember

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  • Yet More Proof That Academic Publishing Has Become a Scam

    Yet More Proof That Academic Publishing Has Become a Scam1

    Last year, a piece I did titled “Why Professors Are Writing Crap That Nobody Reads” generated some attention. In it, I pointed out what is commonly known among university professors today, namely, that most of the “peer-reviewed” essays and books they write are read by an extremely small handful of people (like 5-10, half of

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  • Yet More Evidence the SAT is Being Dumbed Down

    Yet More Evidence the SAT is Being Dumbed Down0

    We’ve been hearing for some time now that SAT scores are on the decline. For example, the year 2006 saw reading scores at 503, math scores at 518, and writing scores at 497. In 2016, however, the scores ran 494 for reading, 508 for math, and 482 for writing. When the scoring system change was

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  • Yet Another Student Thwarted by PC-Police for Distributing Constitution Copies

    Yet Another Student Thwarted by PC-Police for Distributing Constitution Copies0

    Earlier this year, it was reported that several students were arrested for passing out copies of the U.S. Constitution on a Michigan college campus. The students were accused of “obstructing” the educational rights of others by their “provocative” discussions about freedom and liberty. As it turns out, these Michigan students weren’t the only ones who

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  • Yet Another Reason to Study History

    Yet Another Reason to Study History0

    The British author Hilaire Belloc once noted that “men are always powerfully affected by the immediate past—one might say that they are blinded by it.” When confronted with change, most people evaluate it based upon a very limited understanding of what’s considered normal. Our modern age, obsessed with diagnosis, has apparently come up with a

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  • Yesterday, This is How Many Christians Began Preparing for Christmas

    Yesterday, This is How Many Christians Began Preparing for Christmas0

    In the media and conversation, I’m sure you’ve already endured the now-tedious discussions about the “War on Christmas” and about being exposed to holiday decorations and music too early.     What you probably didn’t hear about is that yesterday, many Christians began quietly preparing for Christmas in their own way — by fasting.   

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