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This Is How a Dark Age Begins…2
- History
- February 5, 2016
In order to really be said to “know” something, it must become a part of you. Information, ideas, and data: these are external to us. It is only through undertaking the hard, focused work of thinking through these things and understanding them that we internalize them; that they become “knowledge.” One finds this sentiment echoed
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If We’re All So Connected, Why are Our Kids so Lonely?2
- Culture
- February 5, 2016
Heading out on an overnight school trip, my daughter spent 90 minutes each way on the bus with her classmates. Before the trip, the school laid out the electronic use policy—students would be allowed to use iPhones and iPads on the drive to and from their retreat but not during their stay. A few parents
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5 Keys to Educational Success in the 19th Century 0
- Education
- February 5, 2016
The education received by the characters in the Little House on the Prairie books has long amazed readers. How in the world did the Ingalls girls manage to get such a stellar education in the midst of primitive surroundings and a transitory lifestyle in the 19th century? In honor of Laura’s birthday on February 7th, here are
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Don’t Be a Lazy Atheist 0
- February 5, 2016
While lecturing on the atheist Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872) in graduate school, my university professor lamented about the state of atheism today. Men such as Feuerbach, he explained, were passionate in their atheism, and undertook a thorough study of a religion such as Christianity in order to criticize it. (Feuerbach’s critique of Christianity is encapsulated in
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‘Fair and Equitable’ Discipline Policies: Unfair to Most Students?0
- Education
- February 5, 2016
If you’ve been following education news lately, you’ve likely heard about the complaints against Success Academy Charter Schools in New York. The complaints come from parents of children with disabilities whose poor behavior eventually caused them to be removed from the school: “Consistent with SACS’ [Success Academy Charter Schools] philosophy, Success FG [a specific Success
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Martin Shkreli: If morality is relative, why are we outraged?0
- Culture
- February 5, 2016
The world loathes Martin Shkreli, indeed he may have made himself “the most hated man in America.” He earned that reputation when, as CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, he hiked the cost of Daraprim, “the drug … used to fight infections in patients suffering from AIDS and other conditions”, from $13.50 to $750 – a 5,000%
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