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  • Shouldn’t Black Lives Matter Express More Outrage About This?

    Shouldn’t Black Lives Matter Express More Outrage About This?0

    On the Black Lives Matter website you will find a list of “Demands”, which include the following:  The arrest of officer Darren Wilson. National policy aimed at redressing systemic racism in law enforcement. A discontinuance of federal aid in the form of military weaponry to local law enforcement.  The bringing to justice of all officers involved in

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  • Famous People Who Achieved Success Later in Life

    Famous People Who Achieved Success Later in Life0

    • August 18, 2015

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  • Do they really need all those gadgets?

    Do they really need all those gadgets?0

    • August 18, 2015

    The video above, with English kids talking about how their parents use their electronic devices, is either hilarious or terrifying, depending on your point of view. Based on these conversations, market researchers for Start-rite, a British company which sells stylish shoes for children, reached some startling conclusions about how youngsters used their mobile phones, tablets

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  • A Letter from World War I

    A Letter from World War I0

    • August 18, 2015

    My great grandfather, Harold Schuler, served in the U.S. Army on the European war theater from December 1917 to May 1919. I’m not sure how much action he saw, but his notebook entry and letter below provides a small glimpse into what soldiers experienced during the “Great War.” Here is his notebook entry from August

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  • This Latin Phrase Might Make You Worried about Where American Society is Headed

    This Latin Phrase Might Make You Worried about Where American Society is Headed0

    Nemo dat quod non habet—“No one gives what he doesn’t have.” Within the legal world, this phrase refers to the principle that one cannot confer property on another that doesn’t belong to him in the first place. Another way of putting it: A can’t steal from B and then rightfully sell or give the stolen

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  • Study: Teacher Development Courses are Ineffective

    Study: Teacher Development Courses are Ineffective0

    • August 17, 2015

    Teacher development courses are ineffective. Common sense reached that conclusion long ago. But fortunately, there’s now a study that confirms it entitled “The Mirage: Confronting the Hard Truth About Our Quest for Teacher Development.” According to The Boston Globe, “The study released Tuesday by TNTP, a nonprofit organization, found no evidence that any particular approach

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  • Does Party Affiliation Influence Marital Bliss?

    Does Party Affiliation Influence Marital Bliss?0

    • August 17, 2015

    Does your party affiliation influence your marital bliss? Today’s New York Times suggests that it may.   Reporting on a recent study by W. Bradford Wilcox, the NYT reports: “Among married people between the ages of 20 and 60, 67 percent of Republicans report being ‘very happy’ with their marriages. Among Democrats, the share was

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  • 10 Provocative Quotes from Ivan Illich’s “Deschooling Society”

    10 Provocative Quotes from Ivan Illich’s “Deschooling Society”0

    • August 17, 2015

    Ivan Illich’s groundbreaking book Deschooling Society (1971) offers a radical critique of the institutionalization of education within modern societies. Illich believed that we wrongly identify education with schooling, since most of our education happens outside of the school environment. He advocated restructuring education to provide people with multiple opportunities for learning outside of school. “What

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  • 500 Years Ago, This is What Europeans Were Doing on August 15

    500 Years Ago, This is What Europeans Were Doing on August 150

    • August 15, 2015

    The answer: celebrating the feast of Mary’s Assumption. From early centuries, Christians believed that Jesus Christ’s mother, Mary, was taken up (“assumed”) body and soul into heaven upon her death. They celebrated this event annually with a feast day since at least the 6th century. And in Europe of 1515, when the overwhelming majority of

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