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Portland Diner Incident: They Were Both to Blame0
- July 22, 2015
By now, many of you have read about the incident. For many parents, it’s a worst nightmare scenario. A vacationing couple went out to breakfast at Marcy’s Diner in Portland, Maine, with their 2-year-old daughter. The 2-year-old began to scream, and didn’t stop. Exasperated, and after giving a couple of hints, the owner—Darla Neugebauer—finally slammed
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When Libertarianism and Relativism Collide0
- July 21, 2015
A question posed in one of our most popular Facebook posts: Can you answer it? Save this article to favorites
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U.S. Department of Education: Parents Are Support Staff0
- July 21, 2015
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Education released a document detailing ways parents can foster a better education for their child. Upon the release of the document, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan declared: “’I have never met a parent who doesn’t want the best for their child. However, it can be hard for families to know
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Should the U.S. Legalize Polygamy?0
- July 21, 2015
The title of a piece in today’s New York Times poses the question: “Is Polygamy Next?” In it, University of Chicago law professor William Baude discusses the precedent for legalizing polygamy in America—a precedent created by the legalization of same-sex marriage. Baude believes there is a very good argument in favor of legalizing polygamy: “Justice
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But What About the Socialization?!?0
- July 21, 2015
The Washington Post recently reported on a new study about the effects of television viewing. Apparently, the more television a toddler watches, the more likely he is to be bullied in middle school. “[E]arly television viewing is linked with developmental deficits in brain functions that drive interpersonal relationships and how kids regulate their emotions. TV viewing
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The Intellectual Storm Upon Us0
- Culture
- July 20, 2015
“A great desolation grows about us but up there is the warmth of a fireside and the loveliness of a garden. There are shrines for the devout, but up there is a shrine for those who are going to war, for those who will see the shivering void beyond the rim of faith. Once heroes
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A 200 Year-Old Warning about Education in America3
- July 20, 2015
It was 1803, and America was just coming into its own. But Princeton professor Samuel Miller (1769-1850) saw trouble on the horizon in an increasingly utopian attitude toward education. In A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century he wrote: “On the subject of Education, the century under review has given birth to a doctrine, which, though noticed
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The AFT Clinton Endorsement Just Keeps Getting Weirder0
- July 17, 2015
It seems that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) ignored a memo from Richard Trumka, President of AFL-CIO, when it endorsed Hillary Clinton for president earlier this week. Trumka allegedly sent a memo to all leaders under AFL-CIO’s umbrella – which would have included Randi Weingarten, president of AFT – saying that endorsement for president
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Sundays Are Disappearing from the Western World0
- July 17, 2015
Perhaps some of you are old enough to remember Sundays when stores and restaurants were shuttered, and a deeper peace and quiet reigned. In America, it has now become a day where the mall closes at seven instead of nine. Apparently, this trend is spreading throughout the West. In last week’s Daily Mail, Peter Hitchens
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