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  • The Roman Empire’s Financial Suicide

    The Roman Empire’s Financial Suicide0

    More than 2,000 years before America’s bailouts and entitlement programs, the ancient Romans experimented with similar schemes. The Roman government rescued failing institutions, canceled personal debts, and spent huge sums on welfare programs. The result wasn’t pretty. Roman politicians picked winners and losers, generally favoring the politically well connected — a practice that’s central to

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  • Study: Homeschoolers Creaming Other Students on the SAT

    Study: Homeschoolers Creaming Other Students on the SAT0

    Last summer, George Washington University announced that it would no longer require students to submit their SAT or ACT scores as incoming freshmen. This move was made because the university “had concerns that students who could be successful at GW felt discouraged from applying if their scores were not as strong as their high school

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  • Proverbs from the Bible Non-Believers Might Like

    Proverbs from the Bible Non-Believers Might Like0

    1. “The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.” – Proverbs 19:22 KJV 2. “Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.” – Proverbs 10:12 KJV 3. “A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.” – Proverbs

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  • Geniuses Possess This One Common Trait

    Geniuses Possess This One Common Trait0

    James Gleick has written about some of the most distinguished minds in history. As a former science reporter at the New York Times, he profiled some of the most brilliant people in the world. He’s written biographies of Isaac Newton and Richard Feyman. His most recent book—The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood—examined the

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  • Fertility is Plummeting Worldwide

    Fertility is Plummeting Worldwide0

    A few months ago, the Pew Research Center presented some data that on the surface appeared to be very good news. The teen birth rate had reached a historic low. The teen birth rate in the U.S. is at a record low, dropping below 25 births per 1,000 teen females for the first time since

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  • Constitutional Trivia: How much do you know?

    Constitutional Trivia: How much do you know?0

    • June 29, 2016

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  • America’s Decline of Knowledge: Where Will it Lead?

    America’s Decline of Knowledge: Where Will it Lead?3

    The Atlantic recently ran an article suggesting that many college students are earning business degrees in order to gain the hands-on skills they’ll need to land a job. But in the process of focusing on those hands-on business skills, The Atlantic also expressed concern that students may be missing out on learning the “writing or

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  • Why Pediatricians are now Treating 35 Year Olds

    Why Pediatricians are now Treating 35 Year Olds0

    It’s no secret that young adults these days are having a hard time growing up. The latest example of this phenomenon? Young people are having a hard time leaving their childhood doctors. The New York Times explains how 26-year-old Lule Rault regularly sees her pediatrician and intends to continue doing so until she finishes her

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  • Was Brexit Sparked by Rapes?

    Was Brexit Sparked by Rapes?0

    Politicians and pundits are still scrambling to understand and explain the reasons behind Britain’s stunning exit from the European Union.   My first thought was the debt crisis in Greece had a lot to do with it. But other explanations emerged that sounded more plausible. Wages in the UK, for example, experienced a drubbing with

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