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How the Social Gospel Movement Explains the Roots of Today’s Religious Left0
- Culture
- July 20, 2017
Throughout American history, religion has played a significant role in promoting social reform. From the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century to the civil rights movement of the 20th century, religious leaders have championed progressive political causes. This legacy is evident today in the group called religious progressives, or the religious left. The social gospel movement
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How Much Money Each State Saves Thanks to Homeschooling0
- Education
- July 20, 2017
As many recognize, homeschooling has been booming in recent years and promises to keep growing. The most recent numbers from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) hail from 2012 and suggest that 1.8 million children are now educated at home. Compared to public school students, studies suggest that homeschoolers perform up to 30 percentile
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How Fiscally Healthy Is Your State?0
- Economics
- July 20, 2017
The Mercatus Center has released its fiscal rankings of each state in the nation. Find your state in the map above to see how highly (or lowly) it may have ranked: Here’s what the report’s authors, Eileen Norcross and Olivia Gonzalez, had to say about the five states occupying the fiscal basement in 2015, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts,
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How Do U.S. Reading Habits Compare to the Rest of the World?0
- Culture
- July 20, 2017
Scandinavia is made up of the top 5 most literate countries in the world. (Finland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, and Sweden, respectively.) All 7 Harry Potter books are on the Top 21 Best Selling Books Worldwide. (By millions of copies sold.) When it comes to the most hours read per week, India, Thailand, China, the Philippines,
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Why are Children Learning to Adult from YouTube Stars?0
- Culture
- July 19, 2017
In a recent article for NPR, Neda Ulaby writes on the rise of YouTube cooking star Rosanna Pansino. As NPR explains, Pansino is a young millennial who uses her YouTube channel, Nerdy Nummies, to teach viewers to make everything from individual potato cakes to treats based on video games or TV shows. In fact, what
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What Children Lose By Not Gardening0
- Culture
- July 19, 2017
One summer while I was in middle school, my grandfather brought my family a number of potato sets to plant in our garden. As we had more than we needed, I passed off a handful to my friend who lived across the street. Despite lacking a green thumb, she eagerly planted them in a corner
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My University Treated Me Like a Criminal Over a Joke0
- Culture
- July 19, 2017
For the past six years, I have taught an undergraduate course on international economics at Johns Hopkins University. Most of my students thought it was a very good course. So I was shocked when, on December 6, 2016, I was met at the door of my classroom by Johns Hopkins security personnel and barred from entering.
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John Ruskin—8 Profound and Relevant Thoughts on Education3
- Education
- July 19, 2017
John Ruskin (1819-1900), the Victorian English artist and critic, has left behind him not only a school of artwork but also a considerable body of written material – some of it quite profound. In an age where “advanced” and “progressive” ideas were becoming more and more common, Ruskin stood as an advocate not only for
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How Radical Feminism Sowed the Seeds of Our Transgender Moment0
- Culture
- July 19, 2017
Today’s transgender movement is the latest effort to overturn what are in fact true assumptions about human life. My recent report, “Sex, Gender, and the Origin of the Culture Wars,” reveals the intellectual roots of today’s transgender movement so that citizens can defend common sense against the corruptions that this movement generates. Transgenderism literally means
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