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The Tarantino-like End of Richard the Lionheart 0
- History
- April 1, 2016
I admit it. I still picture Richard the Lionheart as the handsome, smirking, fellow Sean Connery depicted in the Robin Hood movie that came out in 1991. I do this even though I know that Richard I was not that fellow. Lionized for centuries, modern historians have treated Richard’s legacy less kindly than their
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Christians Need Not View the Secular World as ‘Utter Darkness’0
- April 1, 2016
When it comes to Christians’ views of secular society, there have historically been two predominant options. One stresses the radical incommensurability of Christianity and the world—that the Christian view of the world and its values share nothing in common with the secular world. That Christianity is “light” and the world outside is utter darkness. (Many
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8 Highly Insightful Quotes from Neil Postman 0
- Culture
- April 1, 2016
1. “Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they argue with good looks, celebrities and commercials.” 2. “At its best, schooling can be about how to make a life, which is quite different from how to
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The Shakespeare Forger Who Duped England 0
- Culture
- April 1, 2016
William Henry Ireland was born in London in 1777 (or 1775, records vary), the son of a British author and engraver. Ireland came of age during what can be called a Shakespeare craze. Though he was considered a poor student—one teacher deemed him so stupid that he told Ireland’s father, Samuel, not to bother bringing
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Why You Should Read Almost EVERYTHING Written by One Author 0
- Education
- March 31, 2016
The overwhelming emphasis in education today is on diversity. No, I’m not just speaking about the ideology of diversity so often attacked by conservatives. In this post, I’m principally speaking about the diversity in teachers and materials. The modern ideal is for students to switch out teachers each year—and beginning in middle school or high
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The UN’s Ridiculously Biased Human Rights Report 0
- Politics
- March 31, 2016
Via Anne Bayefsky at Fox News: According to the United Nations, the most evil country in the world today is Israel. On March 24, 2016, the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) wrapped up its annual meeting in New York by condemning only one country for violating women’s rights anywhere on the planet
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