Professional athletes do not have the best track record for making prudential decisions about money. As an example, an infamous 2009 Sports Illustrated article reported that within two years of retirement nearly 80% of former NFL players “have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce.” That’s why it’s been refreshing
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It seems that American schools aren’t the only ones having problems with student behavior. According to a recent Telegraph article, English schools are also experiencing a rise in student attacks on teachers, including headbutts, knife attacks, and biting incidents. But apparently the English are not as “PC” as Americans when it comes to poor discipline
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Those of you who have seen Glengarry Glen Ross likely know the sales motto “A.B.C.”: “Always Be Closing.” But the secret to happiness may very well be “A.B.G.”: “Always Be Growing.” As Gregory of Nyssa (c.335-395 A.D.) argued in the 4th century, happiness for men and women consisted not in resting on one’s laurels but
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Any family who just received word that their teenager was shot and killed would be understandably devastated, upset, and angry. But how do you react if your teenager was shot after breaking in to someone’s home? Do you primarily blame the homeowner or the teenager? While all of the details are not in on a
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The Guardian reports: “North Korea has sentenced an American college student to 15 years’ hard labour after finding him guilty of ‘crimes against the state’, in a ruling that is certain to increase tensions with Washington. Otto Warmbier, a 21-year-old economics student at the University of Virginia, was found guilty of committing ‘severe crimes’ against
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Grammarians and lovers of the English language will either be intrigued or horrified by a recent piece for The Atlantic. In it, writer Vann R. Newkirk II makes the case that “y’all” NEEDS to be adopted into common usage beyond the American south. Newkirk points out that there are “no distinct second-person plural pronouns in
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