The millennial generation has accumulated a number of different names, one of the most scathing being the “participation trophy” generation. The name gives a nod to the consolation prizes which have long sought to boost the self-esteem of children unable to land a first, second, or third place trophy. Unearned praise, we seem to have
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Via the Telegraph: They are said to be the founding fathers of Western philosophy, whose ideas underpin civilised society. But students at a prestigious London university are demanding that figures such as Plato, Descartes and Immanuel Kant should be largely dropped from the curriculum because they are white. The student union at the School of
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Have you ever noticed that making cuts to any area of education is enough to make teachers, parents, and politicians alike break out in a cold sweat? Indignation abounds as pundits weigh in and wonder how anyone dare suggest that bread be taken from the mouths of babes. That attitude, however, may be heading out
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Our elected officials in Washington have a habit of passing the laws that the American people would probably most like to know about at times when very few are likely to see it. On December 23rd of last year, while we the people were busy making preparations for the holidays, President Obama signed the National Defense
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T.S. Eliot once wrote that “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” If that’s the case, then according to some influential past authorities, Plato was a “mature poet” when it comes to his ideas on God and creation. The other day I was reading St. Augustine’s (354-430) De Doctrina Christiana—a treatise that played an enormous role
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Regarding the news of four black teens in Chicago livestreaming their kidnapping and torturing of a white, special-needs youth, CNN’s Don Lemon argued that it wasn’t evil, but rather “bad parenting”. While I vehemently disagree with Don regarding the issue of evil, his point about bad parenting is worth looking at deeper. As previously reported
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