He’s an actor we all remember fondly, playing one of the most beloved characters in recent cinematic history in a movie that few in my chosen field of study, English Literature, regard as anything short of scripture. I’m speaking, of course, of Robin Williams and his role as John Keating in “Dead Poets Society,” a
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After 125 years in business, Sears has filed for bankruptcy and may soon be closing its doors forever. This has elicited strong emotions, as Sears has been an integral part of America’s commercial history. But just like Blockbuster and Toys R Us, it’s time for Sears to embrace creative destruction and pave the way for
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It’s not fair. This refrain—so quick to be invoked by young children, who seem to develop a thirst for justice very young indeed—may seem like a curious place to begin in defense of fairy tales. But let me explain. But to backtrack a little further first—well, the latest salvo against fairy tales comes from two Hollywood
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“In the absence of faith, we govern by tenderness. And tenderness leads to the gas chamber.” – Flannery O’Connor A country that can’t control its borders is by definition no longer a country. As I write these words, 7,000 Hondurans are marching through Mexico determined to force their way into the United States in hopes of
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When a society feels that the solution for poverty is for the poor to have the opportunity to become rich through hard work and self-improvement, you have an aspirational society. The United States could be classified by this term once upon a time, but in more recent years it has morphed into an envious society
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Another name for the neo-Marxism of increasing popularity in the United States is “cultural Marxism.” This theory says that the driving force behind the socialist revolution is not the proletariat — but the intellectuals. While Marxism has largely disappeared from the workers’ movement, Marxist theory flourishes today in cultural institutions, in the academic world, and in the
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