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  • Jimmy Kimmel, George Washington, and Unhappiness in the U.S.

    Jimmy Kimmel, George Washington, and Unhappiness in the U.S.0

    Jimmy Kimmel is famous for showing the ignorance of Americans, and his Super Tuesday man-on-the-street interviews were no exception. Kimmel’s team went to California, a state which did not participate in Super Tuesday voting. Despite this fact, interviewees were quick to say they had fought large crowds to get into their polling places. One man

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  • It Shouldn’t Matter Who the President Is

    It Shouldn’t Matter Who the President Is0

    Freedom lovers everywhere are biting their nails during the election season, wondering how the damage can be limited. Depending on who gains control, we could have trade wars, nationalized health care, the pillaging of Wall Street and Main Street, more wars in the Middle East, a VAT tax, surveillance of your smartphone, mass deportations, internment camps,

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  • 2015: the year when Italy’s demographic malaise became apparent

    2015: the year when Italy’s demographic malaise became apparent0

    Recently there has come to light yet more news that suggests that yes, Europe is indeed dying. According to Reuters, for the first time in three decades the Italian population declined (the last population drop was a very small one in 1986, and in effect Italy’s population has been growing continually since 1952). The population

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  • You’ll never be Equal Enough

    You’ll never be Equal Enough0

    In The Twilight of Authority the famous sociologist Robert Nisbet made a simply, yet profound comment about freedom, justice, and equality. To paraphrase, he reflected that he could imagine people believing that they would have enough freedom and justice. They knew it wasn’t perfect, but life was good enough. Of equality, though, he believed that

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  • Should Parents Give Kids Room to Fail?

    Should Parents Give Kids Room to Fail?0

    In today’s world, it’s become more common for parents to play a large role in engineering their children’s success. From an early age they seek to put their kids in the right schools, the right extracurricular activities, and the right tutoring programs, and manage their progress every step of the way. But it’s having a

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  • No, slavery didn’t build America.

    No, slavery didn’t build America.0

    The issue of slavery in the United States was ultimately decided by the Civil War (1861-1865). It was a showdown between the free North and the slave South, amongst other things. It was also one of the first “total wars” seen by the West in a very long time. As Warfare in the Western World:

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  • Education as if Truth Mattered

    Education as if Truth Mattered6

    The title of this essay, “Education as if Truth Mattered,” is taken from the subtitle of Christopher Derrick’s book, Escape from Scepticism: Liberal Education as if Truth Mattered, published in 1977. Derrick’s subtitle was itself borrowed and adapted from the subtitle of E. F. Schumacher’s international bestseller, Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered,

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  • Economics Education is Returning to Schools

    Economics Education is Returning to Schools0

    Several years ago, the OECD (the organization which runs the international PISA exam) tested students in 18 countries for their financial literacy abilities. According to CNBC, “the U.S. ranked at best eighth and at worst 12th” in this financial literacy matchup. Thankfully, some American schools seem to be recognizing students’ financial literacy problem and are

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  • Did U.S. Schools Just Use Poverty as an Excuse for Poor Performance?

    Did U.S. Schools Just Use Poverty as an Excuse for Poor Performance?0

    When it comes to international education rankings, the U.S. ranks 17th in reading, 21st in science, and 26th in math. Unfortunately, the U.S. accounts for these abysmal scores by saying that our large number of poor and disadvantaged students are to blame. But as a new study from the OECD (the organization responsible for the

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