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U.S. Kids Can’t Compete Globally in Financial Knowledge 0
- Education
- October 11, 2016
When it comes to finances, Americans are quite adept at spending. But when it comes to other aspects of finances – such as the all-important one of saving – Americans have a bit of trouble. As USA Today recently reported, roughly seven in 10 Americans have a savings of less than $1,000. That savings track
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Claim: Evolution Can’t Account for Man’s Speech 0
- Science
- October 10, 2016
Thank God for Tom Wolfe. He’s been coming forth with the right sort of right stuff for better than a half century, and he’s still at it. Or maybe it should be “chundering” forth. The verb of choice is Wolfe’s, who has allegedly scholarly papers chundering forth all over the place in this short book.
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A Desire to Fit In is the Root of Almost All Wrongdoing 0
- Education
- October 10, 2016
Imagine that one morning you discover a ring that grants you magic powers. With this ring on your finger, you can seize the presidency, rob Fort Knox and instantly become the most famous person on the planet. So, would you do it? Readers of Plato’s Republic will find this thought experiment familiar. For Plato, one
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Leading Scientific Journal: Don’t Sacrifice the Liberal Arts to STEM 0
- Education
- October 10, 2016
There’s been a lot of rhetoric in recent years from conservative leaders about the importance of giving students a STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). That our students should have a better education in math and science is not controversial. What is controversial is when a math and science emphasis is pitted against the
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Teacher: Stop Being Your Child’s Friend 0
- Culture
- October 10, 2016
I was at a public park this weekend when I noticed a family preparing for a photo shoot. This family caught the attention of everyone else in the park as well, namely because of the screams emanating from one of its younger members. The screams continued for the next quarter of an hour and it
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Did LBJ Say, ‘I’ll have those n*ggers voting Democratic for 200 years’?15
- History
- October 10, 2016
For reasons that are obvious, at a recent editorial meeting topic of conversation swung toward some of the most shocking things ever said by U.S. presidents. Of course Lyndon Baines Johnson’s name quickly popped up. LBJ, a beer-swilling, blunt-speaking Texan, didn’t shy from using what today we refer to as The N Word. One sentence
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