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  • What would Enlightenment Thinkers have Thought of Trump?

    What would Enlightenment Thinkers have Thought of Trump?0

    American democracy is feared to be under threat. Comparisons with the 1930s are rife, and Donald Trump is now routinely called a potential Hitler or Mussolini. But some of Trump’s Republican critics have found a different source of inspiration: the great philosophers of the Enlightenment, who have a good deal to say on the subject of

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  • John Locke on Religious Tolerance

    John Locke on Religious Tolerance0

    John Locke (1632-1704) was one of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightenment. The English philosopher’s ideas are at the core of the American Founding; in fact, it can be argued that his thoughts shaped the minds of the American Revolution more than any single thinker. While Locke is best known for his treatises on

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  • Gamers: What major war came before World War II?

    Gamers: What major war came before World War II?0

    EA Studios, the company behind the Battlefield, first-person-shooter series, recently announced that it almost pulled the plug on Battlefield I, a game set in World War I, that will be released in the fall of 2016. Why? Because the executives were worried that the younger gamers wouldn’t know there was a World War I. GameRant

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  • Why Benjamin Franklin Hated Going to Church

    Why Benjamin Franklin Hated Going to Church3

    Contrary to the claims of some notable thinkers, among them the late Christopher Hitchens, Benjamin Franklin was not an atheist. He was raised as a Presbyterian and discussed his faith at length in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, the unfinished work Franklin wrote from 1771 to 1790. Here’s what he had to say on his

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  • Actress: Public School a Wedge Between Parent and Child

    Actress: Public School a Wedge Between Parent and Child0

    When Kevin Sorbo and Sam Jenkins first met on the set of the TV program Hercules 20 years ago, they knew pretty quickly that they were headed for marriage. What they didn’t envision, however, was that they were also headed for a career as homeschool parents. As Kevin tells it, such an idea was almost

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  • 1828 Yale Report Warned about Dumbed-Down Standards

    1828 Yale Report Warned about Dumbed-Down Standards1

    • June 14, 2016

    This might be one of those “nothing new under the sun moments.” “The Yale Report of 1828” is one of the most famous educational documents in American history. At the time, Yale, like other colleges, was being called upon to diversify their curriculum and include more specialization. The Report reaffirmed Yale’s commitment to a broad

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