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People in 1890 Waited Longer to Get Married, Too 0
- September 18, 2015
As you may have heard, Americans are getting married at later ages than previous generations. Many quickly chalk that fact up to a modern tendency to avoid responsibility and commitment. But it might not be so simple as that. Currently, in America, the median age for men’s first marriage is 28.7, and for women
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C.S. Lewis on the 4 Major Differences between the Present and the Recent Past 0
- September 18, 2015
You may have read C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia, and perhaps you’ve even read some of his nonfiction works such as Mere Christianity or The Abolition of Man. But chances are you haven’t come across Lewis’ “De Descriptione Temporum” (“On the Description of Ages”) – the first lecture he gave after receiving the
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Are We Discouraging Parenting?0
- September 18, 2015
Do you know children who are being raised by their grandparents – or were you even one yourself? According to Time, roughly 2.7 million U.S. grandparents are raising their grandchildren, a number that has risen in the last 20 years. What’s driving the increase in custodial grandparents? “Addiction and incarceration rates, child abuse and neglect,
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What is “Secularism”?0
- September 17, 2015
What is fascinating about our times is the dominant cultural narrative is set against religion. By that we mean that our modern secular society depends upon acknowledging that previous cultures were established upon religion and we are not. In other words, we as a society are moving away from something, that something being a religious
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These Americans Can’t Answer Simple Citizenship Questions: Are Schools to Blame?0
- September 17, 2015
September 17th marks the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. To recognize “Constitution Day,” the day “when all schools receiving federal funds are expected to provide lessons or other programming on our most important founding document,” the folks at the Fordham Institute prepared a special project. They examined the mission statements of the
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The Suicide of Thought 0
- September 17, 2015
It is a year since the event. To be specific, it was in the early hours of the 26th July, 2014 that my son Greg took his own life. It was such a shock to all who knew him, that it would seem crass and insensitive to attempt to draw any conclusions, especially given the
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New Research Shows iPads are Not a Panacea for Educational Woes 0
- September 17, 2015
Today’s education system is increasingly repeating the “iPads for everyone” mantra. In an effort to improve student performance, school districts in every state from California to Pennsylvania to Minnesota to Colorado and on to Illinois have launched expensive initiatives to get little fingers swiping screens in the classroom. But have these initiatives been misguided? Brand
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DePaul Professor Says the Free Market Isn’t That Free 0
- September 17, 2015
Capitalism is considered by many to be the best system for ensuring freedom in the economic realm. But is the system of free market economics promoted by advocates such as Milton Friedman really that free? Not according to professor William Cavanaugh of DePaul University of Chicago. In a book chapter entitled “Freedom and
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Advice from My Father 0
- September 17, 2015
I barely knew my father. As is typical of my generation, my parents separated and then divorced when I was only four or five. After picking up the pieces of his shattered existence, my father reentered my life with some regularity when I was about 8 or 9. And by that, I mean I got
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People in 1890 Waited Longer to Get Married, Too 0