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  • The Sexual Revolution’s Unwanted Progeny

    The Sexual Revolution’s Unwanted Progeny0

    A few months ago, I wrote about the sexual revolution that needs to happen, but won’t. Partly because the more powerful can, and often do, elicit grudging “consent” from the less powerful, seeing mutual consent as the sole moral criterion for sexual interactions is problematic. That’s one of the sexual revolution’s unwanted progeny. We need

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  • The Real Reason We Have Mass Shootings

    The Real Reason We Have Mass Shootings0

    One of the unavoidable tragedies of youth is the temptation to think that what is seen today has always been. Nowhere is this more noticeable than in our responses to the recent Parkland, Florida, massacre. Part of the responses to those murders are calls to raise the age to purchase a gun and to have

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  • New Federal Program Takes Aim at the College Textbook Racket

    New Federal Program Takes Aim at the College Textbook Racket0

    College students will keep more money in their pockets thanks to a new US$5 million pilot program approved as part of the $1.3 trillion appropriations bill that President Donald J. Trump signed on March 23. The new grant program, administered by the U.S. Department of Education, will support the creation or improved use of open

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  • Genetics—Not Fancy Schools—Largely Determine Academic Success, Study Finds

    Genetics—Not Fancy Schools—Largely Determine Academic Success, Study Finds0

    Late last week, an article in the U.K. Telegraph caught my eye. It reported on a new study which found that selective grammar schools – akin to what the U.S. might refer to as college-prep schools – aren’t necessarily the key to producing smart kids. The thing that does produce smart, academically successful kids is

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  • A Generation of Visigoths: Neil Postman’s Graduation Speech 30 Years Later

    A Generation of Visigoths: Neil Postman’s Graduation Speech 30 Years Later0

    Neil Postman (1931- 2003) was one of the most prolific and influential American intellectuals of the 20th century. A longtime educator at NYU, Postman authored 18 books and more than 200 articles in the nation’s top magazines and newspapers, such as The Atlantic, Time magazine, and Harper’s Magazine. Part of Postman’s immense popularity, I’ve long

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  • March for Our Lives: Can they answer this tough question?

    March for Our Lives: Can they answer this tough question?0

    Shortly after the Sandy Hook school shooting, Intellectual Takeout created and published the image below. The question is as relevant today as it was then. On March 24, 2018, “March for Our Lives” hosted an impressive protest in Washington, D.C. As the main speakers and the innumerable protest signs made clear, the group seemingly believes

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  • I Went to the March for Our Lives Protest. Here Are My 7 Takeaways.

    I Went to the March for Our Lives Protest. Here Are My 7 Takeaways.0

    Tens of thousands of protesters—and maybe more—gathered in Washington, D.C., and around the country Saturday to protest in favor of gun control. The demonstrations, called the March for Our Lives, featured children calling for an end to gun violence and ultimately stricter gun control laws. The Daily Signal hit the streets to observe the event

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  • Cell Phones, Silence, and Solitude: Finding Stillness in a Noisy World

    Cell Phones, Silence, and Solitude: Finding Stillness in a Noisy World1

    “Whether or not it draws on new scientific research, technology is a branch of moral philosophy, not of science.” ~ Paul Goodman During my sixteen years in the classroom, I’ve witnessed the unbelievably rapid transformation of mobile phone technology. At one point, I overheard a brutally honest conversation between a group of senior boys. They felt

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  • Archaeology Is Revealing New Truths About Christianity’s Origins

    Archaeology Is Revealing New Truths About Christianity’s Origins0

    New archaeological research on Glastonbury Abbey pushes back the date for the earliest settlement of the site by 200 years – and reopens debate on Glastonbury’s origin myth Many Christians believe that Glastonbury is the site of the earliest church in Britain, allegedly founded in the first or second century by Joseph of Arimathea. According

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