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  • Why we need to teach political philosophy in schools

    Why we need to teach political philosophy in schools0

    What is the spectre haunting Europe today? It’s simple. The thing that truly dogs us, that really drags at our heels, is ignorance. Ignorance of the fundamental ideas at the heart of politics. Ignorance of the key terms of political argument: liberty, equality, power, justice, and so on. Ignorance of the subject matter of political

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  • Calvin Coolidge’s Immigration Policy: Relevant Today?

    Calvin Coolidge’s Immigration Policy: Relevant Today?0

    In early July, Pew Research released a report on the election issues most concerning to the general public. Perhaps not surprisingly, the report showed a decided increase in concern about immigration compared to previous election years.   Such increases are likely spurred by talk of “building a wall,” the huge waves of migrants that Europe

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  • Report: College Students Spend Only 2.8 Hrs Per Day on Their Education

    Report: College Students Spend Only 2.8 Hrs Per Day on Their Education0

    A report released last week by the Heritage Foundation shows that full-time college students spend less than three hours per day on “education-related activities.”  Based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s American Time Use Survey from 2003–2014, during the academic year, the average full-time college student spent only 2.76 hours per day on

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  • Brutal Reviews of Shakespeare from the 1600s

    Brutal Reviews of Shakespeare from the 1600s0

    In 1660, Samuel Pepys, a 26-year-old civil servant in London, started writing a diary. He kept it up for about a decade before quitting, and the surviving record offers historians a rich glimpse into daily life in 17th century England. Take this entry from March 1, 1661. Pepys, an avid fan of theater, recorded his

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  • Is Free Will an Illusion?

    Is Free Will an Illusion?0

    A little more than a year ago, I had the chance to talk with an extremely intelligent and talented scholar, one who had justly won a number of major awards. As we began to talk rather civilly over coffee and tea about our understandings of modern academia, this person said with some exasperation after I told

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  • History Quiz: Kings of Medieval England

    History Quiz: Kings of Medieval England0

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