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  • Trump Rick-Rolled Jeb Bush

    Trump Rick-Rolled Jeb Bush0

    No matter whether or not you like Jeb Bush or Donald Trump, sometimes politics will give you a chuckle. The rick-rolling that was pointed out to me today, reminds me a bit of a story from Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, which is an account of George Washington Plunkitt’s views of politics and America through the

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  • The Interminable Character of the Gun Control Debate

    The Interminable Character of the Gun Control Debate0

    The debate about gun control is raging once again, and to be honest, I’m already bored of it. By saying that, I don’t wish to belittle the seriousness of the issue. It’s just that the issue of gun control has that “interminable” and “irrational” character that philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre says marks so much of contemporary

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  • Parents Hiring Consultants to Find the Best Public Schools

    Parents Hiring Consultants to Find the Best Public Schools0

    • December 8, 2015

    The public school system has become a minefield that’s increasingly difficult for parents and students to navigate. So difficult, in fact, that New York parents are hiring consultants to tell them which neighborhoods are the best to live in, and which waiting lists they should join in order to get their child into a high-performing

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  • Move Over, Entitled Millennials

    Move Over, Entitled Millennials0

    Millennials have long had a reputation for being the “Me” generation, a label which seems increasingly accurate as many college students exhibit a hyper-sensitivity, narcissism, and entitled attitude toward life. But such attitudes may soon begin to cost millennials dearly. According to Business Insider, Generation Z may be taking a different approach to life, and

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  • E Pluribus Unum – ‘Out of Many, One’

    E Pluribus Unum – ‘Out of Many, One’0

    While not the official motto of the United States, E Pluribus Unum, is a common Latin phrase used in the United States since 1776 and still found on the Great Seal of the United States. Its meaning, of course, is “Out of many, one”. It originally referred to the act of many states (or colonies

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  • A Date which will Live in Infamy

    A Date which will Live in Infamy0

    74 years ago today, the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the United States at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The devastation was immense, but the action did not knock the United States out of the war as the Japanese hoped. Here is President Roosevelt’s complete speech to Congress requesting a declaration of war. It includes

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  • 10 Noam Chomsky Quotes That Reach Across the Political Aisle

    10 Noam Chomsky Quotes That Reach Across the Political Aisle0

    1. “If we don’t believe in free expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.”   2. “Mass education was designed to turn independent farmers into docile, passive tools of production. That was its primary purpose. And don’t think people didn’t know it. They knew it and they fought against it. There was

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  • You’re Going to Have to Educate Yourself

    You’re Going to Have to Educate Yourself0

    Let’s face it: we all have holes in our education. In part, this is because we can only fit so much into the years of our formal education. But the holes in our education are also due to the fact that we no longer have a standard canon of sources that we are expected to

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  • Problem: 21% of Parents Don’t Require Their Kids to Do Chores

    Problem: 21% of Parents Don’t Require Their Kids to Do Chores0

    Ever feel like a meanie by requiring your kids to help with family chores, such as folding laundry or washing dishes? You shouldn’t, because as Time Magazine reports, children whose parents require them to do chores are likely to be more successful in life. Reporting on a recent survey from Funifi, TIME notes the ups

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