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Schools Shouldn’t Replace Classic Lit with ‘Young Adult’ Fiction 1
- Education
- November 28, 2016
In his homily last Sunday—the first Sunday of Advent—my pastor brought up Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story, A Christmas Carol. He looked around at the young people in the congregation and said, “I’m sure you all read that in school, right?” I sat there thinking to myself, “Don’t bet on it.” Schools seem to be
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College Brands Pro-Trump Message a ‘Hate Crime’0
- Culture
- November 28, 2016
Politically-correct college administrators in Madison, Wisconsin asked police to investigate speech mocking campus Clinton supporters. The police reportedly did so, even though that could lead to a violation of the First Amendment. This is taking place at Edgewood College. Reason Magazine reports that an investigation has begun there over a “Suck it up, pussies” Post-it
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It’s Undeniable that Fidel Castro Made Cuba Poorer 0
- Economics
- November 28, 2016
Fidel Castro, the Communist Dictator of Cuba, has died at the age of 90. There have been those, over the decades, who have held him up as some paragon of a new world order, one in which people will not be subservient to either America nor capitalism. The truth is that he visited an economic
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1 in 3 Men Didn’t Read a Single Book Last Year 0
- Culture
- November 28, 2016
Several months ago, Pew Research came out with its annual report on the number of book readers in the U.S. The results? More than a quarter of Americans didn’t even read one book in the last year. Unfortunately, those numbers get even worse when broken down by demographic group. According to Pew’s latest report on
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Would the Pentagon Benefit from a ‘Philosopher-in-Chief’?0
- Philosophy
- November 28, 2016
Would the Pentagon benefit from creating a position for a philosopher? Franz-Stefan Gady, an editor for the Diplomat, says yes. It’s an interesting question. My first thought was this: What would a philosopher actually do in such a role? Gady offers an answer: The philosopher’s job—true to the Socratic tradition—would be to ask “simple” questions.
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‘Adulting’ School Founded to Teach Millennials How to Be Adults 4
- Culture
- November 28, 2016
In the last several years, there’s been growing alarm over the fact that many young people can no longer perform basic skills. In fact, one survey goes so far as to say that there are 20 basic skills – ranging from reading a map to baking bread – that are in danger of extinction in
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