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  • Should the Welfare System Go Local?

    Should the Welfare System Go Local?0

    Recently, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing about the American welfare system. In the opening statements, Representative Charles Boustany stated: “This federal welfare system is large, fragmented, and growing in cost. The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service estimates that we currently operate over 80 programs that provide food, housing, healthcare, job training, education,

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  • Marriage Advice from John Adams

    Marriage Advice from John Adams0

    If you’ve lived the single life for any length of time, you’ve likely received marriage advice from those who’ve walked down the aisle before you… or maybe even from those who have not.  John Adams fell into this latter category when he recorded the following exchange with Hannah Quincy in his diary in 1759: Hannah

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  • Is a Two-Parent Income Worth It?

    Is a Two-Parent Income Worth It?0

    Did you see the New York Times article describing the stressed, rushed, and tired state of two-parent working families? The piece was based on a recent Pew Research survey which examined the attitudes of working fathers and mothers. As I looked through the survey, I couldn’t help but feel badly for working mothers. A majority

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  • Does an Unhealthy Individualism Lead to Collectivism?

    Does an Unhealthy Individualism Lead to Collectivism?0

    America was destined to become a country that vacillates between individualism and collectivism. At least, that’s the argument of University of Notre Dame political science professor Patrick Deneen in his persuasive essay “Unsustainable Liberalism.”  As Deneen explains, America was founded upon the philosophy of liberalism (not to be confused with the progressive form of liberalism

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  • Check Out These Hilarious Philosophical “Attack Ads”

    Check Out These Hilarious Philosophical “Attack Ads”0

    • November 5, 2015

    If done right, humor can be a great educator. Perhaps some of you have seen these before, but they escaped my attention until I came across them on a friend’s Facebook page today. They’re faux attacks on modern philosophers made to look like today’s political attack ads. They’re hilarious, and a fun introduction into the

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  • You Can’t Buy Simplicity

    You Can’t Buy Simplicity0

    Today’s simplicity movements are ostensibly a reaction against materialism. However, they can easily slip into materialism themselves. That’s the point David Brooks makes in his latest column for the New York Times entitled “The Evolution of Simplicity”: “One of the troublesome things about today’s simplicity movements is that they are often just alternate forms of

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  • Does the Pressure to Get a College Degree Encourage Cheating?

    Does the Pressure to Get a College Degree Encourage Cheating?0

    • November 4, 2015

    A recent article in The Atlantic shows how cheating has bridged the gap from classroom to computer in colleges today: “Today, entrepreneurs and freelancers openly advertise services designed to help students cheat their online educations. These digital cheaters for hire will even assume students’ identities and take entire online classes in their place.” Author Derek

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  • Christopher Lasch’s 9 Characteristics of the “New Narcissist”

    Christopher Lasch’s 9 Characteristics of the “New Narcissist”2

    Christopher Lasch’s bestseller The Culture of Narcissism (1979) remains an influential description of America in its twilight. Without having read it, many wonder: what does Lasch mean by the term “culture of narcissism”? Well, in the preface, Lasch states the purpose of his work: “This book, however, describes a way of life that is dying—the

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  • 5 Little Known Facts of Apprenticeship

    5 Little Known Facts of Apprenticeship0

    This week marks the first annual National Apprenticeship Week. In recognition of it, here are five facts about apprenticeships that you should know: 1. Apprenticeship was Prevalent in Antiquity According to author Paul Douglas – a University of Chicago professor writing in 1921 – the common notion that apprenticeship began in the medieval age is

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