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Benjamin Franklin: America’s ‘Founding Physician’0
- Education
- July 5, 2016
When Benjamin Franklin deferred to Thomas Jefferson in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, he did so for multiple reasons. He wished to avoid the annoyance of being edited by the committee of the whole Continental Congress, as Jefferson was, to Jefferson’s great distress. Franklin sought to ensure the support of Jefferson’s Virginia for
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What we lose when we photograph life instead of experiencing it 0
- Culture
- July 5, 2016
At a conference on June 14, Facebook executive Nicola Mendelsohn predicted that the social networking site would be “all video” within five years. “We’re seeing a year-on-year decline of text,” she said. “If I was having a bet, I’d say: video, video, video.” Meanwhile, a recent article in The New York Times chronicled the lives
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15 Habits of Highly Successful People 0
- Economics
- July 5, 2016
In our increasingly busy world, time management skills are in high demand. But while many people are willing to make the sacrifice to be more disciplined with their time, they often lack practical knowledge about how to become more disciplined. An interesting attempt to fill in this gap of practical knowledge is Kevin Kruse’s book
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Is Society Destroying the Kind of Women Men Want?0
- Culture
- July 5, 2016
Several months ago, I wrote a short piece asking whether or not men still “admire, respect, and value the women who don’t chase after or toy with them.” The question spawned from various works of classic literature and movies such as Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, which finds the heroine’s quiet, non-attention-grabbing ways captivating the heart
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13 Sublime Quotes from Emerson on Self-Reliance 0
- History
- July 5, 2016
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is considered the founding father of the American Transcendental movement. The Harvard-educated scholar, godfather to William James and mentor to H.D. Thoreau, was both brilliant and controversial. His “Divinity School Address” in 1838, in which he discounted Biblical miracles and the divinity of Jesus of Nazareth, precipitated outrage and an exile
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Brexit: Could it happen in the United States?0
- Culture
- July 5, 2016
Could Brexit happen in the United States? Could we see something similar on this side of the Pond? Imagine the imperialism of the European Parliament and then place it beside the imperialism of the Federal Government. Imagine the way in which the European Court crushes the laws of the member states of the European Union
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Benjamin Franklin: America’s ‘Founding Physician’0