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  • About Those Apparitions Who Shook Down Scrooge for Money

    About Those Apparitions Who Shook Down Scrooge for Money0

    No Christmas season would be complete without plentiful opportunities to watch stage or television productions of Charles Dickens’ unfortunately immortal A Christmas Carol. The classic Reginald Owen and Alastair Sim movies will no doubt play several times on multiple cable channels. We have a live production showing at the Alleyway Theatre here in Buffalo, N.Y.

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  • 4 in 10 Completely Clueless on 1st Amendment

    4 in 10 Completely Clueless on 1st Amendment0

    December 15th marks the anniversary of the American Bill of Rights. At the time the Bill of Rights was inaugurated, Thomas Jefferson noted that every government is obligated to provide such rights for its citizens.  Unfortunately, many Americans today seem oblivious to this entitlement. Take, for example, the man-on-the-street interview Jay Leno conducted several years

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  • The Politicization of Everything

    The Politicization of Everything0

    What do Anheuser-Busch InBev, Grubhub, New Balance, Kellogg’s, and the HGTV show Fixer Upper have in common? On the surface, not a whole lot—except that, over the past several weeks, each one has been the subject of a political controversy. On October 28th, Adweek reported that Anheuser-Busch InBev was ending its parodic “Bud Light Party” commercials “a little earlier than

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  • The Best Writing Program? Math and Latin

    The Best Writing Program? Math and Latin0

    In her recent article at Intellectual Takeout, Annie Holmquist gives three reasons why college freshman can’t write, a problem that is the topic of constant complaint of college professors. Her reasons are good: They are not receiving good instruction in reasoning and in writing; they don’t receive constructive criticism in school; and they are the

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  • Teacher: Spoon-feeding Students Kills Creative Learning

    Teacher: Spoon-feeding Students Kills Creative Learning0

    Ask any teacher, parent, or politician what’s wrong with today’s education system and they’ll all have a different answer. Some will say it’s the absurd amount of testing. Others will lay the blame at the feet of the teachers. Another group will argue that poor curriculum is the driver. Veteran teacher Martin Robinson may well

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  • Student: Progressives Perverting the Idea of ‘Tolerance’

    Student: Progressives Perverting the Idea of ‘Tolerance’0

    This last year has seen a number of university professors speak out and tell their students that it’s time to grow up. Likely spurred on by increasing student demands for sensitivity and security, these professors have stepped up and pointed out that real life is a lot harder and more uncomfortable than college. Students who

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  • Oxford Univ. Tells Students to Stop Saying ‘He’ and ‘She’

    Oxford Univ. Tells Students to Stop Saying ‘He’ and ‘She’0

    Via the Daily Mail: Oxford University is encouraging students to use the gender-neutral pronoun ‘ze’ instead of ‘she and ‘he’. The students’ union wrote in a leaflet that the move was intended to reduce the risk of transgender students being offended.  Students hope that the use of ‘ze’ will continue into university lectures and seminars,

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  • House-Building Class: The Newest High School Trend

    House-Building Class: The Newest High School Trend0

    The other day a friend of mine received some good-natured ribbing over the fact that he had to call a repairman to fix something at his house rather than do it on his own. The incident produced some laughs, but I came away thinking that he was completely justified in his need to call a

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  • Gallup: Popularity of Electoral College Surges to Historic High

    Gallup: Popularity of Electoral College Surges to Historic High0

    Via Gallup: Americans’ support for keeping the Electoral College system for electing presidents has increased sharply. Weeks after the 2016 election, 47% of Americans say they want to keep the Electoral College, while 49% say they want to amend the Constitution to allow for a popular vote for president. In the past, a clear majority

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