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Author Warns: ‘The power of Islam may at any moment re-arise’1
- History
- May 26, 2017
Today there are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, and Islam will supposedly supplant Christianity as the world’s largest religion before this century is complete. These facts have many in the Western world frightened. At the same time, the Muslim world does not currently represent a united military threat to the Western world. The foreign
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Any Of These 3 Bubbles Could Be About To Burst0
- Economics
- May 26, 2017
Moral hazard, easy money, and cheap credit have never produced good results. History is littered with examples of financial disaster brought about by monetary manipulation originating in central banks and then spreading to other parts of the system. One would think that the 2007/8 credit crisis, whose effects have not quite withered away, would teach
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Yet More Proof That Academic Publishing Has Become a Scam1
- Education
- May 25, 2017
Last year, a piece I did titled “Why Professors Are Writing Crap That Nobody Reads” generated some attention. In it, I pointed out what is commonly known among university professors today, namely, that most of the “peer-reviewed” essays and books they write are read by an extremely small handful of people (like 5-10, half of
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What is Terrorism? What do Terrorists Even Want?0
- Education
- May 25, 2017
Editor’s note: The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack at the Manchester Arena that claimed at least 22 lives and hospitalized 59 more people. One victim was just eight years old. The mayor of Manchester called the attack “an evil act.” Because the media often sensationalizes terrorism and authorities tend to oversimplify it,
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Solzhenitsyn on Russia and the West0
- History
- May 25, 2017
In 1998 I had the inestimable pleasure and honour of interviewing Alexander Solzhenitsyn at his home outside Moscow. As I traveled to Russia I had no idea why he should have granted me an exclusive interview when he had shunned the advances of Western writers much more accomplished and better known. He had a reputation
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Philosophy is Lost in the Dark0
- Education
- May 25, 2017
“It’s all in Plato, all in Plato: bless me, what do they teach them at these schools!” C.S. Lewis’ character Professor Digory Kirke calls to light an increasingly detrimental error concerning education in the modern era. The Great Western Tradition and the permanent ideas about education that flow out of it are grounded in a
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Comedian Provides Good Reminder That We Are More Than Our Jobs0
- Culture
- May 25, 2017
In today’s society, many people tie their identities primarily to their jobs. They are what they do. After all, that’s what our schools have taught us to be. The stated goal of America’s education system is to make students “college- and career-ready.” It’s quite the reversal from Western education’s classical roots. As historian Henri Marrou
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Trump’s Tax Breaks Are Not a ‘Gift’ for the Rich0
- Economics
- May 24, 2017
President Trump’s tax plan calls for a reduction in top individual tax rates as well as a dramatic reduction in the overall corporate tax rate. This move has unsurprisingly drawn criticism. Detractors of Trump’s tax plan argue that it favors the rich at the expense of the poor. However, their arguments often rely on rhetoric
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Islam and the West: We Can’t Coexist?0
- Culture
- May 24, 2017
Another week, another atrocity committed in the West by ISIS or a lone-wolf Muslim. This time, it was the slaughter of the innocents with a suicide bomber self-detonating at an Ariana Grande concert in the United Kingdom. At the time of this writing, there are 22 dead and dozens wounded — many of whom were
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