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  • Can You Pass This College Entrance Exam from 1901?

    Can You Pass This College Entrance Exam from 1901?0

    • August 1, 2016

    Is the curriculum in today’s schools less rigorous than it was 100 years ago? Many Americans have been suspicious that the answer to this question is yes, particularly as they have caught glimpses of book lists and other class requirements from the past.  The following images provide a further glimpse into the schools and subject

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  • What Stalin’s Great Terror can tell us about Russia today

    What Stalin’s Great Terror can tell us about Russia today0

    Between the summer of 1936 and 1938, the regime of Joseph Stalin summarily executed 750,000 Soviet citizens without trial or any legal process. In the same period, more than a million others were sent to the labour camps of the Gulag, from where many would not return. In the history of a murderous regime, this

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  • What Quentin Tarantino can teach us about … Theology?

    What Quentin Tarantino can teach us about … Theology?0

    The nature of philosophy, viewed from a certain angle, is to think about the deep meaning imbedded in ordinary things. Plato’s Socrates made his reputation by challenging people that he encountered to question their own assumptions about the meaning of various ordinary concepts that, upon reflection, prove to be deeper than they seem: justice in

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  • What David Bowie’s Childhood Can Teach Us About Madness

    What David Bowie’s Childhood Can Teach Us About Madness0

    We live in a crazy world which seems to be getting crazier by the minute. The reason is that the number of crazy people in the world is on the rise. Rates of suicide, mental illness, alienation, schizophrenia, loneliness, drug abuse and many forms of addiction are all seemingly out of control. Why are we

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  • Walt Whitman’s (Surprising) Advice to Would-Be Writers

    Walt Whitman’s (Surprising) Advice to Would-Be Writers0

    Everyone wants to be a writer these days. This is normal. Writing involves sharing interesting thoughts, experiences, and stories. What’s not to like? The problem? Writing is, well, really hard. Ernest Hemingway, one of the best ever, once said, “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”

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  • Psychologist: 8 Ways Parents Can Get a Child to Read

    Psychologist: 8 Ways Parents Can Get a Child to Read0

    A friend of mine recently took her two-year-old son out of state to a family wedding for three weeks. When they returned, her son was talking in a fluent and skilled manner. After hearing him speak, a family member of mine noted in amazement how articulate the little boy had become. I laughed and said,

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  • Princeton Prof: The 3 Pillars of a Decent Society

    Princeton Prof: The 3 Pillars of a Decent Society0

    It’s clichéd but true to state that Americans are deeply divided politically. The division is so strong that there are now competing definitions for terms such as freedom, justice, progress, and, even, racism. If at our core, we cannot even understand each other, how in the world can we agree upon common goals? To that

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  • Finding the Good in Suffering

    Finding the Good in Suffering0

    The plethora of dieting regimens, marathons, and fitness programs are united in showing us that there are benefits to suffering. We may extend our life through improved physical strength, better hone the mind, or even achieve stronger emotional health through the regular release of endorphins. There are many forms of chosen suffering that bring about

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  • What Young America learned about Islam

    What Young America learned about Islam0

    Currently much controversy surrounds Islam and its compatibility, or lack thereof, with the Western world. To some, Islam is a religion of peace whose adherents desire nothing more than the way of life enjoyed by others in Western nations. To others, Islam has a strong undercurrent of violence and fundamentally conflicts with Western values of

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