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Why People Should Still Study Latin0
- Culture
- March 3, 2016
Why would anybody bother to study Latin anymore? Its value isn’t readily apparent, which is probably why it has largely dropped out of curriculum in this country. Modern language study is more about which language will get you ahead in your career or help you vacation to other countries. Latin is not likely to help you
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Tocqueville: Love of Equality Leads to Hatred0
- Culture
- March 3, 2016
It’s said that some of the fiercest fights in academia are over the narrowest of differences. It seems that Alexis de Tocqueville saw the same problem developing within democracy as the quest for equality grew. A French aristocrat, he came to America in the early 1800s and studied it extensively, composing his reflections in Democracy
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Tina Fey Savages Hollywood Hypocrisy0
- Culture
- March 3, 2016
If you’re wondering what explains some of the Trump phenomenon, look no further than the hypocrisy of our elites. Middle America rightly sees the hypocrisy of being chastised by entertainers, politicians, media elite, ivory tower educators, and others who say one thing and do another, who go on about greed but live the gilded life.
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The Key to a Healthy, Happy Life is…0
- Culture
- March 3, 2016
Last fall, The Atlantic ran an article entitled “Dorms for Grownups: A Solution for Lonely Millennials?” In essence, the article explained how a search for community and connection was inspiring living arrangements designed to facilitate relationships between millennials. As a new article from The Washington Post explains, if millennials don’t get their act together in
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Should Advanced Math Be Optional?0
- Education
- March 3, 2016
Advanced math is hard. It’s keeping people from graduating high school and college. So, we should drop it. At least that’s what Andrew Hacker, author of The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions, argued in a recent interview with NPR: “I’m saying: No, we don’t need that many people studying mathematics. We’re shooting ourselves in
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Politicians … Can you ever trust them?0
- Politics
- March 3, 2016
So Mitt Romney has joined what some would argue is an establishment attack against Donald Trump. Whatever you think of Trump, it is truly fascinating to watch an obviously coordinated attack against one individual coming from establishment operatives on both the Right and the Left. There are many takeaways, but the most obvious is that
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New Poll Suggests Reading Strengthens Family Relationships0
- Culture
- March 3, 2016
A recent Harris Poll shows that reading to children has more benefits than simply getting them excited about reading on their own. Parent-child reading times are also a great facilitator of family relationships: “Adults who say their parents read to them every day when they were young are especially likely to report very strong relationships
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Jimmy Kimmel, George Washington, and Unhappiness in the U.S.0
- Culture
- March 3, 2016
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 Is0
- Culture
- March 3, 2016
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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