“Intellectual work begins in ecstasy.” That was not said by a drug-addled artist, as one might expect. It was soberly asserted by one of the last people you’d think of: a Dominican “friar” and priest who died decades ago, having lived his life mostly in study, prayer, poverty, chastity, and obedience. His name was Antonin
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By now you may have heard of 9-year-old Hilde Kate Lysiak, the little girl who owns and operates a small local newspaper known as The Orange Street News. Hilde was catapulted to fame the other week when her publication ran exclusive information she had sniffed out about a local murder. Following the release of the
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1. “I am for doing good to the poor, but…I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.” -Benjamin Franklin, 1766 (On the Price of Corn and Management of the Poor) 2. “The government of the United States is
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The Gentleman’s Journal, a men’s style magazine, declares on its website that “we are on a mission to preserve the dying breed,” by which they mean the Gentleman. Good for the magazine’s editors for promoting gentlemanly values. Unfortunately, they seem unclear on how to convey those values. Last week The Gentleman’s Journal posted an article
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The irony is delicious. For once, it might justify optimism rather than cynicism. Consider carefully the facts reported in this story by Katie Palmer in the April 7 online issue of Wired magazine: In December 2014, researchers Michael J. LaCour and Donald P. Green published a report of their study in Science magazine, purporting to
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Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal released a story on the different outcomes between those who take notes by hand and those who take notes via keyboard. According to the article, there are pros and cons to both sides: “Generally, people who take class notes on a laptop do take more notes and can
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