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  • Philosophy is Lost in the Dark

    Philosophy is Lost in the Dark0

    “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 Jobs

    Comedian Provides Good Reminder That We Are More Than Our Jobs0

    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 Rich

    Trump’s Tax Breaks Are Not a ‘Gift’ for the Rich0

    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?

    Islam and the West: We Can’t Coexist?0

    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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  • ISIS Has Weaponized Children

    ISIS Has Weaponized Children0

    • May 24, 2017

    In claiming responsibility for the attack in Manchester at an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, the Islamic State group has sunk to a new low. We have seen terrorists target venues where young people congregate before – shopping malls, discos and schools. If IS was indeed involved, they have now deliberately targeted young children,

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  • How America Became Class Conscious

    How America Became Class Conscious0

    I recently shared some statistics from Charles Murray’s book Coming Apart that illustrate some of the fundamental social and cultural changes that occurred in America during the last half-century. One fascinating bit of data I did not share touches on U.S. poverty levels, as well as American perceptions of poverty. In 1963, roughly 20 percent

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  • Are You in America’s Middle Class?

    Are You in America’s Middle Class?0

    After reading Charles Murray’s writings the last few days, my mind has been fixated on some of the changes in America’s class structure and our (mis)perception of those changes. It made me wonder: Where exactly do I fall in the class stratosphere? Are my current perceptions accurate or are they way off? While Americans like

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  • America Is Losing Its Sense of Humor

    America Is Losing Its Sense of Humor0

    I often remark to my acquaintances that Americans no longer tell jokes. Growing up, as a child, I was in possession of a healthy arsenal of jokes that I gleaned from my parents, relatives, and friends, and that I would eagerly relay to others when the opportunity arose. Decades later, I can’t remember a single

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  • Questioning ‘Diversity’ is the New Blasphemy

    Questioning ‘Diversity’ is the New Blasphemy0

    I’ve been watching for a couple weeks now the saga of Paul Griffiths, Warren Professor of Catholic Theology at Duke University. For those unfamiliar, in February, Griffiths, an esteemed scholar who has taught at Notre Dame, the University of Chicago, and numerous other colleges, sent an email to colleagues urging them to not accept the

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