In his famous essay on fairy stories, J. R. R. Tolkien asserted that one of the most important facets of fairytales is that they hold up a “Mirror of scorn and pity towards Man”. The fairy story, Tolkien wrote, “may be used as a Mirour de l’Omme” (mirror of man), as something that shows us
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By now you may have heard of Edith Fuller. At the tender age of 5, she’s the youngest child to win a regional spelling bee. And because of this win, she will also be the youngest to ever compete in the national spelling bee in Washington, D.C. NPR explains how this little peanut took home
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There is a common perception that children are more likely to read if it is on a device such as an iPad or Kindles. But new research shows that this is not necessarily the case. In a study of children in Year 4 and 6, those who had regular access to devices with eReading capability
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The push to send young people to college has grown by leaps and bounds in the last several decades. Perhaps, then, it’s no surprise that this great demand for college has driven the price to astronomical heights. For evidence of this price increase, one need look no further than the chart below from University of
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The notion of the “deep state” or a “state within a state” is creepy, to say the least. It indicates the existence of a shadowy group of unelected bureaucrats deeply embedded in the military-intelligence establishment secretly manipulating government policy. Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute defines the ‘deep state’ as “nothing more than agencies and
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Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day, an occasion for celebrating what is unique about women’s contribution to society: their irreplaceable role as mothers, homemakers, educators, nurses — in short, all the person-centred and nurturing activity that they typically excel at and with which they increasingly transform other professions and society at large. WHAT? Sorry!
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