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  • How Play is Changing Across Generations

    How Play is Changing Across Generations0

    • August 13, 2015

    Children’s toys and play in general have changed dramatically over the last few generations. Being born in the mid 80’s I just missed the digital explosion so had a largely ‘device free’ childhood. However, my brother who is just 7 years younger than me certainly spent a lot of time on his computer and gaming.

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  • Why Study Philosophy?

    Why Study Philosophy?0

    • August 12, 2015

    Some like philosophy because it makes their minds tingle. Others find answers to their questions. Still others like questions without answers. For Cicero, writing in the 1st century B.C. during the transition from Roman Republic to Roman Empire, the answer was much simpler: to be wise. As he writes in On Duties, “And wisdom, according

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  • The Student Debt Clock is Ticking

    The Student Debt Clock is Ticking0

    • August 12, 2015

    You’ve seen the National Debt Clock. At $18 trillion, it’s something we’d rather forget.  But did you know that we have another pile of debt on our hands? It’s the student loan debt bomb, and it grows by $3,000 per second for a current debt measurement of nearly $1.3 trillion!   What’s even more alarming

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  • The Cognitive Dissonance of Teachers Unions

    The Cognitive Dissonance of Teachers Unions0

    • August 12, 2015

    Today’s Washington Post contains its semi-annual, John Taylor Gatto-wannabe letter from a public school teacher on why she is quitting. It’s not shocking, since about half of teachers quit within their first five years. The letters are published more for the purposes of spurring on education policy. In the letter, the teacher in Michigan –

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  • Teacher Shortage? Nope.

    Teacher Shortage? Nope.0

    • August 12, 2015

    It’s often said that a high quality teacher is the most important factor in determining a child’s academic success. But as we gear up for a new school year, numerous states are reporting that there is a shortage of this crucial component. Such reports caused Andrew Coulson of the Cato Institute to wonder if today’s

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  • It’s Sad When the Government Feels the Need to Say This…

    It’s Sad When the Government Feels the Need to Say This…0

    • August 12, 2015

      Perhaps you’ve seen the images below around your neck of the woods? They are billboard PSAs from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ campaign to “encourage and strengthen fathers and families”: Save this article to favorites

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  • Family Reading Time: As Helpful Today as it was in Times Past

    Family Reading Time: As Helpful Today as it was in Times Past0

    • August 12, 2015

    In case you ever wanted more evidence that reading is beneficial for children, a new study published in the Pediatrics medical journal will fit the bill. Led by Dr. John Hutton, a research team from Ohio “used functional MRI scans to measure real-time brain activity in 19 children, aged 3 to 5 years, as they

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  • Why Government? We’re Not Angels

    Why Government? We’re Not Angels0

    As we enter into another presidential election season that will be filled with arguments about what government should and should not do, we would be wise to keep in mind that the structure and role of our government is rooted in a particular understanding of human nature. For much of the West’s history, man was

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  • The Way We Work Now

    The Way We Work Now0

    • August 11, 2015

    Most Americans now work in white-collar and service industry jobs rather than in manual labor. Technological innovation and the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs overseas continues to reduce the need for blue collar workers. And gone are the days where many individuals earned their living through farming. Only 19% of Americans now live in rural areas,

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