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  • London Grade School: “No TV or Tech… Not Even at Home.”

    London Grade School: “No TV or Tech… Not Even at Home.”0

    • September 29, 2015

    Did you ever have a parent or grandparent who regaled you with stories of life before television? In an era where almost everyone carries a tiny screened device in their pockets, such a life seems impossible to replicate, but one school in London has accepted the challenge. As The Guardian reports, the London Acorn School

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  • One Thing You Should Know about Vladimir Putin

    One Thing You Should Know about Vladimir Putin0

    • September 29, 2015

    In a post last Friday, I pointed to a Harvard professor’s belief that the U.S. and China could be at war with each other in the next decade. The two most popular comments on the post thread brought up the eventual possibility of a conflict with Russia, as well. In light of that possibility, I

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  • Fearing Your Government’s Military is Reasonable

    Fearing Your Government’s Military is Reasonable0

    • September 29, 2015

    Occasionally, you’ll see gun-ownership advocates mocked for believing that the Founders both feared a standing army and believed that an armed citizenry would be a deterrent against a military takeover of the country by its own government. Why it seems absurd that the Founders would hold such views is beyond me. The Founders had just

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  • Is Freedom of Religion Being Eclipsed in America?

    Is Freedom of Religion Being Eclipsed in America?0

    Over the weekend, President Obama made some revealing comments about the freedom of religion. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, President Obama said: “We affirm that we cherish our religious freedom and are profoundly respectful of religious traditions, but we also have to say clearly that our religious freedom doesn’t grant us the freedom to

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  • Is Homeschooling Only for the Elite?

    Is Homeschooling Only for the Elite?0

    The summary of an article in this September’s edition of Boston Magazine reads: “More and more of Boston’s smartest families are opting out of the education system to homeschool their children. Is this the new model for creating elite kids?” The perception used to be that homeschooling was the realm of families primarily motivated by

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  • Beware Those Who Try to Create Utopias

    Beware Those Who Try to Create Utopias0

    There is a persistent temptation among human beings to seek after utopias. In our present world, we can see it in the world government ambitions of some political leaders, or the technocratic ambitions of reformers of the education system, or even certain parents who isolate their children from society in the hopes of preserving their

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