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    • Are You on Track to Read the Average Number of Books Before You Die? (See Chart)0

      Ever wonder how many books you’ll have read by the time you die? We may never know the answer to that question, but we might be able to guess how many we have remaining. A recent article in Quartz highlights just that in two fascinating graphs. Based on the number of books the average American

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    • John Milton’s Lucifer: The Reason People Like Him

      John Milton’s Lucifer: The Reason People Like Him0

      In an article for The Atlantic on March 16, Edward Simon endeavors to get to grips with the fascination that Americans feel for the character of Lucifer in John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost. In a well-written and well-reasoned article, Simon sees aspects of Milton’s Satan in the characterization of thoroughly modern anti-heroes in contemporary

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    • Why College Graduates Still Can’t Think

      Why College Graduates Still Can’t Think0

      More than six years have passed since Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa rocked the academic world with their landmark book, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses. Their study of more than 2,300 undergraduates at colleges and universities across the country found that many of those students improved little, if at all, in key areas—especially critical

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    • 3 Things the U.S. Could Learn from Israel’s Education System

      3 Things the U.S. Could Learn from Israel’s Education System0

      It’s no secret that the U.S. has a mediocre education system. When ranked against other first-world nations, it’s not hard to see that a continuation of such trends will eventually leave America flailing in business, industry, and innovation. But is there a way to remedy this problem of labor force ingenuity – even without improving

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    • Americans Slip in Global Happiness Survey. But What is ‘Happiness’?

      Americans Slip in Global Happiness Survey. But What is ‘Happiness’?0

      The 2017 World Happiness Report, a list of 155 countries ranked according to multiple measures of personal and collective welfare, was recently released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a United Nations initiative. According to the report, the countries with the happiest inhabitants are Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, Finland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand,

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    • Court Rules That the Truth about Milk Can Finally be Told

      Court Rules That the Truth about Milk Can Finally be Told0

      In a unanimous decision yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vindicated Ocheesee Creamery’s free speech rights when it reversed a district court’s decision that prevented the creamery from telling its customers the truth about the products it sells. Ocheesee Creamery is a small, all-natural dairy farm located in rural Florida that

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