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Want answers? Learn to ask the right questions 0
- June 26, 2017
I’ve recently published a book on weight loss, and one of the questions put to me was: what qualifies you to write on this subject? Why didn’t you refer to the latest scientific research, or ask experts for their opinions? My response was that in philosophy we learn to ask the questions of ourselves. Philosophy
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5 Tips on How to Successfully Educate Children 0
- Education
- June 26, 2017
Sometimes it seems that education tips and theories are a dime a dozen. This is particularly so in the modern age, when parents are inundated with recommendations on the best schools and educational practices. The challenging thing about the proliferation of information is that it becomes difficult to discern simple and straightforward truth. It is
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Hillary Supporter: Fixation on Trump is Ruining College Education 0
- Culture
- June 26, 2017
During a recent speech given at Intellectual Takeout’s Spring Gala, author Charles Murray recalled a conversation he had with his daughter just over 10 years ago, when she was a student at Middlebury College. At that time, Murray asked his daughter if she had been able to determine the political leanings of her professors. His
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Why You Shouldn’t Rage Against Last-Second Mergers 0
- Economics
- June 23, 2017
A scenario many of us experience on a weekly basis: You’re stuck in traffic on a two-lane highway, and the lanes converge into one up ahead. You merged early, and have been patiently waiting your turn behind other cars. Then some jerk zooms by in the other lane, goes all the way to where lane ends,
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‘Empathy’ is Becoming a Joke 0
- Culture
- June 23, 2017
Empathy is one of the trendiest words in the English language today. The Google Ngram below shows how the use of this word has surged in the modern vernacular. Many people would view this as a good thing because they see empathy—the ability to understand and share the feelings of others – as a
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The Taste of Strawberries: Tolkien’s Imagination of the Good 0
- Culture
- June 23, 2017
Near the end of The Return of the King movie, while Frodo and Sam are making the arduous climb up Mount Doom to destroy the ring once and for all, their strength fails and they stop climbing. Sam claws himself over to Frodo, takes him in his arms, and asks him this poignant question: Do you remember
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