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Univ. Announces Essay Contest on Child Welfare in Pedophile’s Honor0
- Culture
- November 3, 2016
The title of this essay offers news that is untrue. It satirizes the truth in order to make a critical point. Recently the Paterno Fellows Program announced an essay contest on ethical values, which is open to all Penn State University students. The program is named in honor of Joe Paterno, who was an English
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The Myth of the Disappearing Book0
- Culture
- November 3, 2016
After years of sales growth, major publishers reported a fall in their e-book sales for the first time this year, introducing new doubts about the potential of e-books in the publishing industry. A Penguin executive even admitted recently that the e-books hype may have driven unwise investment, with the company losing too much confidence in
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Students Want Prof Fired for Questioning ‘Diversity’0
- Culture
- November 3, 2016
Anthony Esolen, a professor at Providence College and translator of classic works, is under fire for writing an essay critical of diversity. The essay, entitled “My College Succumbed to the Totalitarian Diversity Cult,” was published in Crisis Magazine in September. You can read it here. Done reading? If so, you might be wondering what all the fuss
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Is Loneliness Driving People to Eat Out More?0
- Culture
- November 3, 2016
In recent years, data has shown that the money Americans spend eating out at restaurants has slowly overtaken the amount spent at grocery stores. It’s easy to look at such numbers and quickly lay the blame at the feet of the younger generation: they’re lazy, they don’t have any basic skills, and they don’t understand
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Children Are Actually Getting Fatter on Summer Break0
- Culture
- November 3, 2016
As a child, some of my favorite books were the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace. Although fiction, the stories were largely taken from real life examples of the author’s childhood in a turn of the 20th century town. One of the recurring themes in the books is the nightly games which were played outside
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5 Signs You’re Dealing With a Total Narcissist0
- Culture
- November 3, 2016
There’s a good chance that pretty much everyone on this planet has encountered a narcissist before. They pop up in almost every facet of life and come into your world when you least expect someone threatening. Of course, it can be hard to recognize a narcissist, and you might not realize how just toxic this person is
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What if Your Grievances Are a Fantasy?0
- Culture
- November 2, 2016
Consider this. You wake from a restless night’s sleep. You find yourself thinking about your 2:00 p.m. meeting. A colleague with whom past interactions have been difficult will be there. You vividly remember his sarcastic put down of your idea for a new marketing campaign. Standing in the shower, you silently rehearse how you will
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What Are We? Answering the Riddle of Mankind1
- Culture
- November 2, 2016
In recent days I’ve been involved in a conversation about which aspects of modern life have the most impact on shaping the culture in which we live. Is it business or education? Is it politics or the media? How about medial issues or the health industry? Or perhaps the network of associations which form the
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The 3 Top Reasons Parents Homeschool Children0
- Culture
- November 2, 2016
Although homeschool anecdotes are a dime a dozen, hardcore statistics on this emerging education trend are often few and far between. But on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education released the latest official numbers on homeschooling in America. Not surprisingly, they continue to rise. The study, conducted on statistics from 2012, shows that roughly 1.8
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