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  • Can You Pass this Century-Old History Exam?

    Can You Pass this Century-Old History Exam?0

    In 1908, Minnesota 8th graders were expected to answer a number of questions on American history in order to gain entrance to high school. A sampling of these questions is found in the quiz below. Keep in mind that the 8th graders of 1908 didn’t have the luxury of multiple choice answers! Do you think

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  • Black Friday Videos: Barbarians Come in Every Color

    Black Friday Videos: Barbarians Come in Every Color0

    These days it’s popular to view whites and their history as particularly barbaric. We’re told to look at the wars, look at the colonization, look at the slavery. But those making those remarks seem to have forgotten that all of those things have taken place in nearly every civilization and by every race throughout history.

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  • Why Millennials Are Having So Much Trouble ‘Adulting’

    Why Millennials Are Having So Much Trouble ‘Adulting’0

    Not long ago it was announced that “The Adulting School” was open for business. Its mission was to teach young millennials to do the basic tasks of life, such as cooking and time management, which they had somehow failed to acquire in their childhood years. But while the “The Adulting School” received a great deal

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  • What to Do On Thanksgiving

    What to Do On Thanksgiving0

    For a variety of reasons, modern America is both incredibly blessed and yet utterly frantic. We’ve lost something along the way to our material prosperity. I do believe what we face now is spiritual poverty. In contrast to Christmas, Thanksgiving is a time largely free of consumerism. While some of the Big Box retailers attempt

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  • What Jeff Bezos Gets Right About Parenting

    What Jeff Bezos Gets Right About Parenting0

    Jeff Bezos was recently interviewed by his younger brother, Mark, at the Summit ideas conference in Los Angeles. The nearly hour-long discussion included a loving portrait of their childhood as well as the Amazon founder’s theories on childrearing. For those of us who believe in the importance of greater independence for our children and have

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  • Power and Predation

    Power and Predation0

    Over the past week, much of our nation’s political discourse has centered around allegations of rape and sexual misconduct. First, Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore was accused of pursuing sexual relationships with young teenagers. Then Democratic Senator Al Franken was accused of sexual misconduct when he was a comedian. Now, members of the mainstream media

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