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  • Is Science the Only Way to Truth?

    Is Science the Only Way to Truth?0

    Since the early twentieth century, disciplines such as English, history, and philosophy have suffered from enemies both within and without. It’s time to fight back. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Paula Marantz Cohen, an English professor at Drexel University, responds to those in the scientific community who downplay the importance of

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  • Is Science Figuring Out How to REVERSE Death?

    Is Science Figuring Out How to REVERSE Death?0

    The Uniform Determination of Death Act (yes, there is such a thing) says there are two ways people in the U.S. can be declared dead. 1) The brain dies; or 2) one experiences an “irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions.” Thinkers as early as Galen (129 A.D. – 216 A.D.) understood the brain to be the

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  • Is Schooling a Public Good?

    Is Schooling a Public Good?0

    Critics of the proposed policy to expand private school choice in the United States argue that the government must fund and control schooling since it is a “public good.” This may sound accurate, as we label some schools as “public” and some as “private.” Since we have public schools, schooling must be a public good,

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  • Is School Violence Linked to the Breakdown of the Family?

    Is School Violence Linked to the Breakdown of the Family?0

    Another school year is winding to a close, and teachers and administrators are likely breathing a sigh of relief, particularly since the year was filled with increased disciplinary problems and behavioral incidents from coast to coast. Unfortunately, American schools aren’t the only ones wrestling with a surge in discipline problems. The negative behavior bug seems

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  • Is School Preventing People from Growing Up?

    Is School Preventing People from Growing Up?0

    In a First Things piece today, Mark Bauerlein reaffirms the thesis that a separate adolescent society has developed in American culture. It used to be that children were simply looked at as adults-in-training. Many have made the point that “childhood” is an invention of the Victorian age. But, as James Coleman noted over fifty years

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  • Is School Literature Driving Our Dysfunctional Society?

    Is School Literature Driving Our Dysfunctional Society?0

    Over the weekend, I traveled with some friends to tour the Betsy-Tacy houses in Mankato, Minnesota (shown in the image above). The refurbished homes are replicas of the ones discussed in the famous children’s book series of the same name, written in the mid-twentieth century by Maud Hart Lovelace. For those unfamiliar with the books,

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