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  • Is it Time to Give Teachers More Autonomy in the Classroom?

    Is it Time to Give Teachers More Autonomy in the Classroom?0

    In a recent article for The Atlantic, author and teacher Timothy Walker ponders the question of what happens when Finnish teachers are placed in American classrooms. Long the poster child of modern western education success stories, the Finnish education system attributes part of its success to more recess and greater teacher autonomy. It is this

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  • Donald Trump Could Shock a Divided Nation Back to Life

    Donald Trump Could Shock a Divided Nation Back to Life0

    “Partnership, not conflict,” were the words spoken by President-elect Donald Trump during his acceptance speech. That collaborative approach is what my scholarship on good governance shows is required for effective public administration. That is also what effective and sustainable leadership demands of the Republican Party, which is now in a position to govern with a

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  • Christians Face Surge of Intolerance, Discrimination

    Christians Face Surge of Intolerance, Discrimination0

    In 2011, I served as Representative of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) for combating racism, xenophobia, and intolerance and discrimination against Christians and members of other religions. There were two other representatives for combating anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. “Other religions” meant all religions other than Judaism and Islam.The OSCE is the largest

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  • Can the Virtue of Simple Living be Rediscoverd in a Postmodern World?

    Can the Virtue of Simple Living be Rediscoverd in a Postmodern World?0

    The good life is the simple life. Among philosophical ideas about how we should live, this one is a hardy perennial; from Socrates to Thoreau, from the Buddha to Wendell Berry, thinkers have been peddling it for more than two millennia. And it still has plenty of adherents. Magazines such as Real Simple call out

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  • Would the Pentagon Benefit from a ‘Philosopher-in-Chief’?

    Would the Pentagon Benefit from a ‘Philosopher-in-Chief’?0

    Would the Pentagon benefit from creating a position for a philosopher?  Franz-Stefan Gady, an editor for the Diplomat, says yes. It’s an interesting question. My first thought was this: What would a philosopher actually do in such a role? Gady offers an answer: The philosopher’s job—true to the Socratic tradition—would be to ask “simple” questions.

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  • Schools Shouldn’t Replace Classic Lit with ‘Young Adult’ Fiction

    Schools Shouldn’t Replace Classic Lit with ‘Young Adult’ Fiction1

    In his homily last Sunday—the first Sunday of Advent—my pastor brought up Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story, A Christmas Carol. He looked around at the young people in the congregation and said, “I’m sure you all read that in school, right?” I sat there thinking to myself, “Don’t bet on it.” Schools seem to be

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  • It’s Undeniable that Fidel Castro Made Cuba Poorer

    It’s Undeniable that Fidel Castro Made Cuba Poorer0

    Fidel Castro, the Communist Dictator of Cuba, has died at the age of 90. There have been those, over the decades, who have held him up as some paragon of a new world order, one in which people will not be subservient to either America nor capitalism. The truth is that he visited an economic

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  • College Brands Pro-Trump Message a ‘Hate Crime’

    College Brands Pro-Trump Message a ‘Hate Crime’0

    Politically-correct college administrators in Madison, Wisconsin asked police to investigate speech mocking campus Clinton supporters. The police reportedly did so, even though that could lead to a violation of the First Amendment. This is taking place at Edgewood College. Reason Magazine reports that an investigation has begun there over a “Suck it up, pussies” Post-it

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  • 1 in 3 Men Didn’t Read a Single Book Last Year

    1 in 3 Men Didn’t Read a Single Book Last Year0

    Several months ago, Pew Research came out with its annual report on the number of book readers in the U.S. The results? More than a quarter of Americans didn’t even read one book in the last year. Unfortunately, those numbers get even worse when broken down by demographic group. According to Pew’s latest report on

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