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  • Is Patriotism Irrational?

    Is Patriotism Irrational?0

    Last September, President Donald Trump vowed to promote “patriotism” in America’s schools. This vow, along with ones like it, was greeted with cringes from those who see patriotism as irrational, opposed to critical thinking, and a form of propaganda. But in his recent book Conserving America? Essays on Present Discontents, Notre Dame professor Patrick Deneen

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  • Did Dickens Foretell the Modern Women’s Movement?

    Did Dickens Foretell the Modern Women’s Movement?0

    Over the last few years, I have been on a personal quest to read various classics I failed to pick up during my school years. The most recent of these was Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, which I finished over the weekend. In reflecting on the book, I could explain how classic titles

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  • 5 Things Donald Trump could learn from Lincoln

    5 Things Donald Trump could learn from Lincoln0

    How will Donald Trump observe Presidents Day? Will he have the inclination or take the time to read about or reflect on the qualities of our greatest leaders? Given how busy Trump is issuing executive orders, fighting with the judiciary, managing the scandal surrounding the dismissal of his national security advisor, becoming acquainted with world

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  • Why is ‘Person of Color’ Good and ‘Colored Person’ Bad?

    Why is ‘Person of Color’ Good and ‘Colored Person’ Bad?0

    A person close to me recently used the phrase “people of color” at a work meeting. “Are we supposed to say that?” asked a gentleman in his 50s. A conversation ensued. After several minutes of discussion, the person who originally used the phrase said the group had gone off topic, but she insisted her choice

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  • King Lear: A Tragedy on Relativism

    King Lear: A Tragedy on Relativism0

    Know thou this: that men Are as the time is.                 -Edmund (King Lear, Act V, Scene 3) One of the most rudimentary errors that one can make in reading a literary text is to see the words of a character as being synonymous with those of the author. Take, for example, these lines from

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  • College Illiteracy is Growing

    College Illiteracy is Growing1

    For a number of years, it was assumed that public education was swimming along, efficiently educating children of all ages. More recently, the products coming out of public schools have caused a troubling concern to leap into the minds of adults: are schools dumbing down the content they teach to students? That concern seems to

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  • 8 Reasons You Should NOT Read Great Books

    8 Reasons You Should NOT Read Great Books0

    Unless I miss my guess, almost every one of us have taken a quiz to see how many titles we’ve read from a list of 100 classic books. If you’re like me, you’ve probably read more than the average test taker, but your score still causes you to wince a bit and resolve to read

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  • ‘Sensitivity Readers’ Are Screening Content for Publishing Houses

    ‘Sensitivity Readers’ Are Screening Content for Publishing Houses0

    • February 17, 2017

    Via the Chicago Tribune: Before a book is published and released to the public, it’s passed through the hands (and eyes) of many people: an author’s friends and family, an agent and, of course, an editor. These days, though, a book may get an additional check from an unusual source: a sensitivity reader, a person

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  • Wisconsin Students Demand Free Tuition for Blacks

    Wisconsin Students Demand Free Tuition for Blacks0

    Via the Associated Press: “Black students should be offered free tuition and housing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison because blacks were legally barred from education during slavery and UW-Madison remains out of reach for black students today, the student government said Wednesday. The Associated Students of Madison [ASM] said in a resolution that students from

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