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  • 6 Thoughts from Famous Americans on Love and Marriage

    6 Thoughts from Famous Americans on Love and Marriage0

    Getting tired of the sappy, sweet nothings which permeate our culture in the days leading up to Valentine’s Day? If so, check out the following statements made by famous historical Americans. They’re guaranteed to shock and provoke thought on the true value, meaning, and purpose of love and marriage. “It has ever been a maxim

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  • Why It’s Good to Mark Up Books

    Why It’s Good to Mark Up Books0

    (Image: Jack Kerouac’s copy of Dostoevsky’s An Unpleasant Predicament) I truly appreciate the existence of libraries, which provide many people access to books that their budgets would not allow them to purchase. But the thing is, I rarely check out books from them. The reason why? I love to mark up books. Since high school—thanks to

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  • Is Respect for Good Women Disappearing?

    Is Respect for Good Women Disappearing?0

    I picked up Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park for the first time last month, and since finishing it, I’ve had a nagging thought at the back of my mind concerning male-female relationships. But a little background before I mention that nagging thought. For those unfamiliar with Mansfield Park, one of the main plot threads finds Henry

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  • Proposal Advocates Raising the Gun Age to 25

    Proposal Advocates Raising the Gun Age to 250

    The anguish caused by gun violence in America and the frustrations of the debate about it are enough to make a president weep. Between a passionately defended “right to bear arms” and the demand for “gun control” there seems to be no accommodation. Yet perhaps there is. Following President Obama’s tearful New Year resolution to

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  • 10 Great Quotes from ‘War and Peace’ (the book)

    10 Great Quotes from ‘War and Peace’ (the book)0

    1) “The only thing that we know is that we know nothing — and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.”   2) “Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.”   3) “You will die — and it will

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  • Can a Parent Hold Down a Job and Homeschool at the Same Time?

    Can a Parent Hold Down a Job and Homeschool at the Same Time?0

    Have you ever wanted to try homeschooling your child, but felt your family didn’t fit into the homeschool stereotype of one parent at home teaching and the other parent out doing the breadwinning? Apparently other parents have felt the same way. But instead of throwing up their hands and resigning their children to a less

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