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  • What Parents can do to Make Children Great Writers

    What Parents can do to Make Children Great Writers0

    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 France

    The strange history of ‘Mein Kampf’ in France0

    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 Ever

    Police Are Safer than Ever0

    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 Eyes

    Modern America Through Edmund Burke’s Eyes0

    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 Skin

    Judge Immigrants by Content of Character, not Skin0

    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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  • Have Parents Forgotten to Teach the Magic Words?

    Have Parents Forgotten to Teach the Magic Words?0

    It’s sometimes amazing how much one can learn about society from places such as Reddit and Imgur. A prime example of this occurred a few days ago when an Imgur user posted a picture of a sign found outside of a Virginia coffee shop. Instead of listing one flat price for a cup of coffee,

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  • Frightening: This Description of the Decline of Rome sounds like America

    Frightening: This Description of the Decline of Rome sounds like America0

    The date traditionally assigned to the Fall of the Roman Empire is 476 A.D., when Odoacer marched on Rome and deposed the last emperor. But Rome’s internal decline began long before then. As Will Durant famously said, “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within.” In his 1899 classic

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  • ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ Statements Required on Campus

    ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ Statements Required on Campus0

    Last month, the University of Cincinnati issued a statement notifying the public that the school “will request a Diversity and Inclusion statement of all applicants for faculty and staff positions.” The policy went into effect on July 1, the release said. It includes the following specifics: Faculty and administrative/professional applicants will be asked to submit

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  • Should parents sometimes make children apologize?

    Should parents sometimes make children apologize?0

    Have you ever felt deserving of an apology and been upset when you didn’t get one? Have you ever found it hard to deliver the words, I’m sorry? Such experiences show how much apologies matter. The importance placed on apologies is shared by many cultures. Diverse cultures even share a great deal in common when

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