Parallels in history are never perfect, nonetheless lessons can be learned. In Mediaeval History: Europe from the Second to the Sixteenth Century (1935), Carl Stephenson, a professor of history at Cornell University, provides a captivating account of Rome’s decline in the late 3rd century as seen in monetary policy, taxation, and how the burden was
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In my junior year of college, I had the fortune of studying abroad in Rome for six months, which afforded me enough time to wander the city and visit many of its sites. I of course saw the most visited sites in Rome: the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain, the Sistine Chapel, and the
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It’s not hard to find or be exposed to thoughts and opinions that reflect the deeper intellectual chaos of our times. If one senses the fog created when rational thought is taken to absurd extremes, the passage below from G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy will probably resonate. If not, then the passage will probably make little sense and
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We hear a lot these days about giving parents the right to choose the school or education which best fits their child’s needs, even if that school is a private institution. But is school choice only a modern idea, dreamed up solely by the religious right whose schools are hurting for business? Hardly. As history
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According to an ancient maxim, change is the only constant. That idea is somewhat behind Rally Health executive Tom Perrault’s article in today’s Harvard Business Review. In the title he contends that “Digital Companies Need More Liberal Arts Majors.” Most digital companies today limit their hiring to those who have degrees or experience in a
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Bruce Vento Elementary School, a public school in St. Paul, MN, is planning to end traditional school holidays according to the Star Tribune: “Celebrations of Valentine’s Day and the other ‘dominant holidays’ are ending at one St. Paul elementary school, according to a letter from the principal addressed to families. Principal Scott Masini of Bruce
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