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  • What American Education Has in Common with the Dark Ages

    What American Education Has in Common with the Dark Ages0

    The period of the “Dark Ages” is synonymous with cultural deterioration in the West. It is typically applied to those centuries following the fall of the Roman Empire at the end of the 5th century, and is regarded as a time when education dramatically declined. In his classic Education and Culture in the Barbarian West,

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  • Sociologist: “The World is More Religious Than It Has Ever Been”

    Sociologist: “The World is More Religious Than It Has Ever Been”0

    • January 4, 2016

    Many of us assume that the world is increasingly secular and decreasingly religious. But according to sociologist Rodney Stark, that’s just not true. His latest book, The Triumph of Faith: Why the World Is More Religious than Ever, begins with the following claim: “The world is more religious than it has ever been. Around the

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  • Pew Releases List of “Most Striking Findings” in 2015

    Pew Releases List of “Most Striking Findings” in 20150

    The Pew Research Center studies the trends that shape our world. They took a look back at 2015 and compiled their most striking findings. Here’s a list of 10 of their findings we think you may find interesting:   1. “Just 19% of Americans say they can trust the federal government always or most of

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  • Obamacare Spurring a Return to Health Care Co-ops

    Obamacare Spurring a Return to Health Care Co-ops0

    With the arrival of January 1st, many Americans are experiencing more than the turn of the New Year; they’re also experiencing major hikes in their insurance premiums. As Slate’s Helaine Olen puts it, “The bill for the health care expansion is coming due … [and] more than a few are likely to be annoyed.” But

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  • Are Many Women Today Doing Two Full-Time Jobs?

    Are Many Women Today Doing Two Full-Time Jobs?0

    It’s no secret that working mothers have become the norm in America. Just last week, Pew Research reported that only 14% of children live in a home with a married working father and a stay-at-home-mother. Yet even as working mothers have become the norm, many women report feeling overly rushed and are dissatisfied with the

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  • 8 Astute Comments from Aldous Huxley

    8 Astute Comments from Aldous Huxley0

    1. “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”   2. “There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.”   3. “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history

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  • The Pushback Against Preschool

    The Pushback Against Preschool0

    With reports coming out that typical preschool programs can actually be a detriment to a child’s academic and social success, perhaps it’s not surprising that parents are looking for alternatives. One recent alternative is outdoor preschool. According to The New York Times, outdoor preschool pushes back against society’s trend toward obesity, electronics, and standardized academics,

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  • Survey: Most Parents Say They Never Spank Their Children

    Survey: Most Parents Say They Never Spank Their Children0

    Yesterday, Intellectual Takeout posted on Dr. Leonard Sax’s belief that there’s been a decline in discipline and parental authority in the American family. Today, we thought we’d post on the results of a recent Pew Research Center survey, which breaks down exactly how parents say they are attempting to discipline their children: “Parents employ many

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  • Some men just want to watch the world burn

    Some men just want to watch the world burn0

    In the West there seems to be an assumption that runs through a variety of political orientations that if we just solve poverty, provide more freedoms, or accommodate more desires that all people will be peaceful. We seem to have forgotten that the West’s system of government and general political outlook has traditionally been rooted

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