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  • Is Schooling a Public Good?

    Is Schooling a Public Good?0

    Critics of the proposed policy to expand private school choice in the United States argue that the government must fund and control schooling since it is a “public good.” This may sound accurate, as we label some schools as “public” and some as “private.” Since we have public schools, schooling must be a public good,

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  • Is it Still Important to Teach Children to Sew?

    Is it Still Important to Teach Children to Sew?0

    When I was 10 years old, the opportunity to attend a living history program one summer day left me in a tizzy of anticipation. There was only one problem. I had outgrown all of my historically accurate costumes and had nothing to wear to the event. My mom assessed the situation, pulled out her sewing

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  • How to Break the Deadbeat Dad Cycle

    How to Break the Deadbeat Dad Cycle0

    Celebrities may deny it. Feminists may lead us to believe otherwise. But the fact of the matter is, children do much better in life when they have a father to guide them through it. In fact, research shows that children with an active father experience better physical and mental health, better development, and better behavior

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  • Harvard Article from 1863 Offers 3 Simple Rules for Reading

    Harvard Article from 1863 Offers 3 Simple Rules for Reading0

    We all know how important reading is. It benefits relationships. It builds language development. And reading books has even been found to lengthen one’s life.   Such knowledge causes many of us to be aghast at the fact that more than one in four Americans didn’t read a book last year. But what about those

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  • Fact Check: Do 74% of Californians Really Oppose Sanctuary Cities?

    Fact Check: Do 74% of Californians Really Oppose Sanctuary Cities?0

    This morning, a friend sent me a story from a right-wing news site. It claimed that “74 percent of Californians want to end sanctuary cities.” The statistic didn’t seem to smell right. Seventy-four percent of Californians? The state in which Donald Trump won 33 percent of the vote? The poll ostensibly had been conducted by

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  • Are We Already Fighting the 2nd Civil War?

    Are We Already Fighting the 2nd Civil War?0

    The possibility of another American civil war is something that many raise as a topic of interest, but usually dismiss as remote.     But in his most recent column, conservative pundit Dennis Prager goes so far as to say that “America is currently fighting its Second Civil War”: “In fact, with the obvious and enormous

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  • 3 Must-Read Books on the West’s Abandonment of Religion

    3 Must-Read Books on the West’s Abandonment of Religion0

    What happens when the religious beliefs that undergird a culture are pulled out from under it, as has happened in the West? There is a whole literature on exactly this question: 1. Orthodoxy, by G. K. Chesterton. Chesterton was the greatest thinker of the twentieth century and this was his greatest book (with the possible exception of

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  • Think For Yourself: How to Reject the Team Mentality of Politics

    Think For Yourself: How to Reject the Team Mentality of Politics0

    The wildly contentious election of 2016 seems to have inculcated certain habits of mind. We are tempted to believe that our role as citizens is like that of a sports fan. We need to choose a team and stick with it, no matter what. Our team needs us. If we lend our voices in support

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  • Progressive Columnist: Riots Are Hurting Our Cause

    Progressive Columnist: Riots Are Hurting Our Cause0

    Donald Trump has only been in office a short time, but the speed with which he is reversing Obama’s policies and blazing his own path is enough to make the heads of liberals and conservatives spin. Headlines are indicating that the former group is in an especial state of shock, particularly given the various protests

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