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Why We Should Allow Boys to Fight 1
- Culture
- July 10, 2017
If you ever watched the old “Road to Avonlea” TV series, you may recall the episode in which a struggling actor poses as a school teacher and is hired by the desperate school board. The school lessons soon turn into episodes of high drama, in which the children re-enact historical battles with swords, shields, and
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Journalism Prof: CNN’s Bumbling Coverage a ‘Gift from Heaven’ to Trump 0
- Politics
- July 10, 2017
For the slice of America that still values the craft of journalism and sees a greater need for it than ever, the Trump vs. Media wars have been depressing. In one sense, the conflict has confirmed the worst fears of those who argued that members of the fifth estate have become mere shills, regurgitators
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Why One Principal Sought to Dumb Down a High School Critical Thinking Course 0
- Culture
- July 10, 2017
There are few things in this day and age that bring people from both sides of the political aisle together in agreement. But one of the few things which does bring agreement is the need for school courses that teach students to become logical and critical thinkers. Because few schools offer such classes, many students
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Trump’s VA Terminates 500, Suspends 200 for Misconduct 0
- Culture
- July 10, 2017
Five hundred and forty-eight Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees have been terminated since President Donald Trump took office, indicating that his campaign pledge to clean up “probably the most incompetently run agency in the United States” by relentlessly putting his TV catch phrase “you’re fired” into action was more than just empty rhetoric. Another 200 VA workers
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What Is the End Goal of Education?0
- Culture
- July 7, 2017
In the 1913 Elementary Course of Study, published by the State of Kentucky, the introduction to the second chapter states that “The highest function of the school is character building.” The chapter then goes on to detail how teachers should go about forming this character in their young elementary school students, as well as what
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Is Diversity Becoming a Religious Cult?0
- Culture
- July 7, 2017
The distinguished Catholic theologian Paul Griffiths was purged from Duke Divinity School for refusing to worship at the shrine of Diversity. No doubt this was a case of “You’re fired/I quit.” But we have here not just a question of academic freedom, but also a theological controversy, which in earlier ages would have led to
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