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5 Myths about Apprenticeships 0
- Culture
- March 17, 2016
It’s National Apprenticeship Week in England, and although the Brits are more accepting of the practice than the United States, they still deal with several misconceptions about apprenticeships. Five of these were recently addressed in The Guardian and are abbreviated below: Myth 1: Apprenticeship students are dumb failures. Fact: Instead of being high school dropouts,
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Are We at the Beginning of an Age of Barbarism?0
- History
- March 17, 2016
Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) was one of the most significant philosophers of history of the modern era. In his major work The New Science (1725), Vico famously outlined what he believed to be the recurring cycle of human civilizations (using Greece and Rome as his primary examples), and his outline of the three ages of this
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Despite Appearances, These Are Great Times for Human Liberty 0
- History
- March 17, 2016
Are you despairing of the presidential electoral trajectory? You are not alone. You are in the majority, one might even say the silent majority. A majority of voters in both major American political parties tell pollsters that they neither like nor trust the front runners for the nomination. This is true even in states where
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Did Anti-Trump Protesters Actually Help Trump?0
- Culture
- March 17, 2016
As we know now, Donald Trump dominated the Republican electoral competitions on March 15, taking Florida, Missouri, Illinois, and North Carolina. On Friday, March 11, the nation watched as a coalition of different Left-leaning groups descended upon a Trump rally in Chicago and effectively shut it down through disruptions and protests. The question going into
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Teacher: Making Things Fosters Entrepreneurial Thinking in Children 0
- Culture
- March 17, 2016
Several days ago, we mentioned 1916 author William Stout, who advocated for young boys to build and create toys on their own. Stout believed that the ability to create and make things gets boys thinking, and fosters the ideas which can eventually spur the growth of the country. Although written a century ago, Stout’s reasoning
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Feminist: Women Can’t Have It All 0
- Culture
- March 17, 2016
If you really want to see a heated debate, don’t bother with politics. Find a “mommy blog” and look for a thread or post on working moms vs. stay-at-home moms. You can almost be guaranteed that the comments will be filled with some of the most vicious vitriol you’ve ever seen. Ever since women started
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