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‘Classical Education’ Today Isn’t Very Classical 0
- Education
- January 17, 2017
The number of schools that offer a “classical education” is growing. It’s believed by many to offer a more rigorous alternative to the standard curriculum offered by the education system today. But most people still view classical education as merely a nostalgic throwback to the past that fails to prepare students for the contemporary world
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Stem Cell Science Could Soon Make Sex Obsolete (or Largely Recreational)0
- Culture
- January 17, 2017
Last year a Stanford law professor, Hank Greely, published a book, The End of Sex And The Future of Human Reproduction. In it he predicted that in 20 to 40 years’ time people would no longer have sex to make babies. Sex will be largely recreational and procreation will be subcontracted to IVF clinics to create
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Humans are Intensely Loyal to Groups that Haze Newcomers. Why?0
- Culture
- January 17, 2017
In the autumn of 1900, Oscar Booz, a 17-year-old student at West Point military academy, was hazed by fellow cadets. Tabasco sauce was forced down his throat on three different occasions, and he was coerced into boxing a much larger student who savagely beat him. After the fight, he became ill, moved home and died.
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Is There a Way to Stop America’s Minds from Closing?0
- Culture
- January 17, 2017
A few years ago, a friend of mine expressed a sentiment that many of us have probably felt at some time or another: “I want my children to have a better education than I had.” Now, this friend happens to be a very talented, intelligent, and well-educated young lady. For her to say such a
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Politician: Wives Should Withhold Sex Until Husbands Vote 0
- Culture
- January 17, 2017
We see it every election season. Those ads featuring an outwardly diverse group of celebrities imploring Americans to get off their lazy butts and vote. (The 2016 season was unique in that one commercial, shown below, poked fun at the cliché.) A member of parliament in Kenya is taking it up a notch. She is
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9 Truths MLK Taught us about Peace and Nonviolence 0
- Culture
- January 16, 2017
1. “We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience. And that will be a day not of the white man, not of the black man. That will be the day of man as man.” – How Long, Not
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‘Classical Education’ Today Isn’t Very Classical 0