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Obsession Is the Ultimate Skill 2
- Culture
- September 15, 2017
I have many times heard the following refrains about education: “It’s not about learning any one particular thing. It’s about learning how to learn.” “It’s not about solving any particular problem. It’s about learning how to think.” The speaker often assumes that kids best learn how to learn and how to think at school. They
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Mentally Weak People Often Have These 3 Habits 0
- Literature
- September 15, 2017
Widowed at just 26 years of age, Amy Morin knows a few things about hardship and the struggle to remain mentally strong in the face of adversity. Despite the tragedy she suffered, Morin has gone on to become a psychotherapist, columnist, and author. Her most recent book is 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do.
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Half of Americans Don’t Know Free Speech is a Guaranteed Right 0
- Culture
- September 15, 2017
It’s been roughly 230 years since the American Constitution first debuted. Unfortunately, that length of time doesn’t seem to have solidified its presence in the American mind. In fact, many Americans cannot even name the most famous element of its First Amendment. According to a recent survey published by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, more
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Can a Christian Serve as a Judge Anymore?0
- Politics
- September 14, 2017
Earlier this month, during a judicial confirmation hearing for 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Amy Barrett, who is a Catholic law professor, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., questioned whether Barrett could be a Christian and a judge at the same time: Why is it that so many of us on this side have this
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Happiness: You Might Be Thinking All Wrong About It 0
- Philosophy
- September 14, 2017
“Am I happy?” On first consideration, this is a seemingly healthy, self-reflective question that almost all of us frequently ask ourselves. But experience has shown that the search for an affirmative answer to this question is also the cause of much anxiety, frustration, depression, and envy in modern society. And perhaps that’s because, according to
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Why We’re Stressed Out 0
- Culture
- September 14, 2017
My oldest son, a freshman in high school, informed me that the guys from Twenty One Pilots have become the pinnacle heartthrobs for teen girls. I had no idea. Even more fascinating than that tidbit, is the fact that their official music video for “Stressed Out” has been viewed over 1 billion times on YouTube.
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