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Prof: 3 Reasons Lack of Manners is Killing the University 0
- Culture
- May 15, 2017
Over the weekend, University of North Carolina professor Molly Worthen penned an article for The New York Times intriguingly titled, “U Can’t Talk to Ur Professor Like This.” As the article infers, the popular concept of parents allowing children to be their “friends” has hit the ivy halls, and many students are bringing familiarity into
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Tribal Politics Is Turning Us Against Each Other—and Science 0
- Education
- May 12, 2017
If you’ve spent much time on a college campus you’ve probably heard the claim that conservatives are anti-science. If you’re a liberal who doesn’t interact with many conservatives, you might have believed it. If you’re conservative, you probably felt frustrated and misrepresented. This view of conservatives as anti-science has been broadcast beyond the college campus.
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Today’s Schools Are Producing ‘Hollow Men’0
- Education
- May 12, 2017
One of the most heinous crimes against humanity that modernity has perpetrated is its war on the humanities. And let’s not forget that the humanities are thus called because they teach us about our own humanity. A failure to appreciate the humanities must inevitably lead to the dehumanizing of culture and a disastrous loss of
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Ben Sasse’s 5 Steps to Raising a Successful Adult 0
- Culture
- May 12, 2017
Ben Sasse is the junior senator from Nebraska. However, before his tenure as senator, Sasse was the president of Midland University. As such, Sasse likely had many opportunities to observe the type of young people who will lead our nation in years to come. Unfortunately, many of the young people completing college these days are
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Five Rational Arguments Why God (Very Probably) Exists 0
- Philosophy
- May 12, 2017
The question of whether a god exists is heating up in the 21st century. According to a Pew survey, the percent of Americans having no religious affiliation reached 23 percent in 2014. Among such “nones,” 33 percent said that they do not believe in God – an 11 percent increase since only 2007. Such trends
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Why Pop Culture (and ‘Say Yes to the Dress’) are Going Wild for Polyamory 0
- Culture
- May 12, 2017
Hey everyone, a relic of barbarism is making a comeback! If the reference is lost on you, I am referring to an expression from the mid-1800s, when the Republican Party was established to replace the Whigs on the platform of eradicating what party leaders like Abraham Lincoln coined “the twin relics of barbarism.” The first
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