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Is ‘Closed for Thanksgiving’ Trending?0
- Culture
- October 5, 2016
Last year, it was the small business retailers who balked at opening their doors on Thanksgiving Day. This year, it’s the largest mall in the U.S. On Wednesday morning, Mall of America officials announced that they will not participate in the Black Friday creep which has overtaken Thanksgiving in recent years. According to The Minneapolis
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If ‘Hell’ Exists, What Does It Mean for God?0
- Philosophy
- October 5, 2016
I don’t like the Christian doctrine of Hell. I write this with a full awareness that the truth depends absolutely not at all on my personal preferences and sensibilities. What is, is, regardless of what I think or how I feel about it. There are, of course, different interpretations of Hell. But unquestionably the most common
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How Your Name Can Predict How You’ll Vote 0
- Culture
- October 5, 2016
I don’t know about you, but I’ve noticed a decided absence of political yard signs in my neighborhood this election season. Such an occurrence may be the result of general disinterest in the two main candidates… or maybe my neighbors have suddenly been bit by the Minnesota Nice bug, which requires people to keep their
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Before Indiana Jones came Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron 0
- Education
- October 5, 2016
Before Indiana Jones and Lawrence of Arabia, came Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron. Born in 1731, Anquetil was the original Orientalist-adventurer: a European scholarly expert of Asian culture who also embodied bold, heroic action in the field. His speciality was the roots of ancient religions in Asia. He was the first European to translate the Avesta, a
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Are Women the Biggest Losers in the ‘Selfie Culture’?0
- Culture
- October 5, 2016
Latest data published in Britain suggests that young women are at the “highest mental health risk” in our culture. Statistics published by Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) indicate that one in four young women suffer from mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression. The major NHS report examined the mental health of thousands of
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10 Things Alexander Hamilton Said He Wanted in a Wife 0
- Education
- October 5, 2016
In the spring of 1779, as war raged between the American Colonies and Great Britain, a 24-year-old Alexander Hamilton had women on the brain. Hamilton, a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army and chief-of-staff to Gen. George Washington, had considerable duties in a war that had entered its third year. Yet his personal letters make
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What France’s Experience With Free College Can Teach Us 0
- Economics
- October 4, 2016
From certain perspectives, the French higher education system would seem to be doing great. There are numerous prestigious schools, thousands of students attend them, and the government has spent millions upon millions of euros since the 1980s in subsidizing both students and universities. But looks are deceiving. In fact, the number of students failing to
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Professor: Our ‘Inventory of Knowledge’ is Being Lost 0
- Culture
- October 4, 2016
Have you ever wondered how the American Founders were able to spew forth such wisdom and establish a new country at such young ages? I have. The mere fact that 10 of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were under the age of 35 blows my mind. But as I learned recently, these men
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Our IQs Are Shrinking (A Lot), Study Finds 1
- Education
- October 4, 2016
There is a tendency for man to think one’s own generation is the smartest to ever strut the Earth. “Each generation,” Orwell quipped, “imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” This tendency likely is even more acute for those who’ve
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