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J.R.R. Tolkien’s Hope for the Modern World0
- History
- July 13, 2016
Clyde Kilby, an English professor from Wheaton College, worked with Tolkien in the summer of 1966. “Tolkien was an Old Western Man who was staggered at the present direction of civilization,” Kilby recorded after a summer of conversations with Tolkien. “Even our much vaunted talk of equality he felt debased by our attempts to ‘mechanize
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Decentralization: The Secret of Swiss Success0
- Culture
- July 13, 2016
Programs about the improbable success of Chile and Estonia already have aired on nationwide TV, and those were joined last weekend by a show about the “sensible nation” of Switzerland. Here’s the 28-minute program. When I first watched the program, I was slightly irked that there was very little discussion of the role of fiscal policy and the importance
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Can You Answer These 8th Grade History Questions From 1908?0
- Education
- July 13, 2016
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Bush’s Dallas Speech Was Clutch0
- History
- July 13, 2016
The slaying of five Dallas police officers in the wake of police shootings that left two African American men dead has been a difficult time for America, to say the least. The anguish resulting from these tragedies has been accompanied by a surge of anger, blame, and distrust from people of all races. The country
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What Parents can do to Make Children Great Writers0
- Education
- July 12, 2016
A little more than 300 years ago, a man named John Locke rolled out a plan for the well-rounded education of a child. Among other things, Locke noted the crucial importance which parents and teachers must place on writing instruction: “There can scarce be a greater defect in a gentleman, than not to express himself
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The strange history of ‘Mein Kampf’ in France0
- History
- July 12, 2016
Seventy years after the death of Adolf Hitler, “Mein Kampf” is in the public domain and free to be republished. The history of its English version is relatively well-known, thanks to historians James and Patience Barnes. Its history in French is not. While French journalist Antoine Vitkine wrote a 2009 global history of “Mein Kampf”
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Police Are Safer than Ever0
- Culture
- July 12, 2016
Following the tragic and horrible events in Dallas last week, it is important to grieve and to take stock of what led to that fateful evening that ended with five police officers killed. But it’s also worth taking a step back and putting the problems and threats the police face today into perspective. The sniper
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Modern America Through Edmund Burke’s Eyes0
- History
- July 12, 2016
As those serious about influencing the nation on both sides of the aisle understand, winning in politics first requires winning the culture. Doing so necessitates both a keen eye for recognizing cultural trends and the creative foresight to envision how best to guide a culture back to true principles by which a people can safely
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Judge Immigrants by Content of Character, not Skin0
- Culture
- July 12, 2016
I’m one of millions of Mexicans living in the United States who Donald Trump might assume is “good people.” I’m not a criminal, a rapist or a drug dealer. I did not cross the border by foot but arrived by plane in Seattle, a welcoming city I now call home. I was born in Mexico
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