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  • Diversity Ideology Killed the University. Now, It’s Choking Out Civilization.

    Diversity Ideology Killed the University. Now, It’s Choking Out Civilization.0

    In 1903, during America’s darkest period of hate, W. E. B. Du Bois heartbreakingly affirmed his intellectual affinity with Western civilization. “I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not. Across the color line I move arm in arm with Balzac and Dumas,” Du Bois wrote in “The Souls of Black Folk.” “I summon Aristotle and

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  • Free Student Seminar: Is College Worth It?

    Free Student Seminar: Is College Worth It?0

    Generations of Americans have been told that college graduates earn more than non-college graduates. This may have been true in 1998, but is it still true in 2018? In Seattle’s booming IT industry 25% of employees don’t have a Bachelor’s! Today’s college grads often leave school with a student loan burden so massive it effectively

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  • Should College be Free?

    Should College be Free?0

    Fall is here. That means many things are on their way down, including bank accounts as parents write tuition checks.  Is anything going up? Maybe interest in “free” college. How often are we told by our friends on the left that we ought to follow the lead of Europe, specifically western Europe?  Pretty often, by

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  • How Public Pension Liabilities Are Becoming Public Threats

    How Public Pension Liabilities Are Becoming Public Threats0

    In most states, people tend to worry about things like education or the economy. In Oregon, public pensions are suddenly at the forefront of political discussions. Why? Because the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) in Oregon is more than $25 billion in the hole. Of course, Oregon is hardly the only state deep in the

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  • Can Shakespeare Save Civilization?

    Can Shakespeare Save Civilization?0

    Perhaps an apology might be necessary for the sheer audacity of beginning any essay with such a question and with such a seemingly absurd claim. Of course, Shakespeare cannot save civilization, at least not on his own. Perhaps we should rephrase things a little, asking a slightly different question: Can Civilization be Saved without Shakespeare?

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  • Why We Couldn’t Create Our Constitution Today

    Why We Couldn’t Create Our Constitution Today0

    Americans should be thankful not only for the rare genius that assembled in Philadelphia in 1787 to draft the Constitution, but for the unique circumstances under which they met. Not all moments in time are ripe for founding a nation. Nor is every citizenry equally prepared to receive new modes and orders. The Founders’ time

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  • When a House was a Home

    When a House was a Home0

    Anyone who grew up in or around large families probably remembers a particular kind of evening. Perhaps it was a birthday, or a family reunion, or a Christmas or New Years’ party, or a civic holiday. Depending on the ethnicities of the families involved, there might have been trays of baked ziti and meatballs, or

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  • Thank you for your Messy House

    Thank you for your Messy House0

    I recently visited a friend’s house with five children.  As I arrived for a morning coffee she was frantically vacuuming.  She had left for the school drop off in a rush, and clothes were still strewn through the hallways and toothbrushes and toothpaste smeared the bathroom (pretty much what my house looks like too before

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  • Taking The Hits: 7 Ways to Raise Tough Kids

    Taking The Hits: 7 Ways to Raise Tough Kids0

     “The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard

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