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Is Ivanka Making Motherhood Great Again?0
- Culture
- January 25, 2017
Is Ivanka Trump America’s Kate Middleton? In this viral photo posted on Ivanka’s Instagram page the day before the Inauguration, America’s new first daughter channels the Duchess rather mightily. In the picture, Ivanka is rocking the whole Duchess package: walking down the red-carpeted steps of a private jet in nude stilettos and a gorgeously tailored
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It’s called the Executive Branch 0
- Education
- January 25, 2017
In 2010, less than 25% of high school seniors in America were considered proficient in civics according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Even worse, in 2010 only 12% of high school seniors were proficient in history. Perhaps those numbers explain the unwarranted hand-wringing taking place today regarding President Trump’s supposed “gagging” or “censorship”
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Progressive Columnist: Riots Are Hurting Our Cause 0
- Culture
- January 25, 2017
Donald Trump has only been in office a short time, but the speed with which he is reversing Obama’s policies and blazing his own path is enough to make the heads of liberals and conservatives spin. Headlines are indicating that the former group is in an especial state of shock, particularly given the various protests
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How Students ‘Ghost’ Through Online Degree Programs 0
- Culture
- January 25, 2017
As a college ethics professor, I try not to give advice to my students about how to cheat—even inadvertently. However, I sometimes slip and mention a loophole that students have been exploiting ever since the advent of online education. Unfortunately, the loophole keeps getting larger. By not closing it, colleges and universities have turned their
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3 Books That Explain the Decline of Western Civilization 1
- Culture
- January 25, 2017
There used to be a lot books about the “decline of the West.” But now that we are well on our way to everything these writers warned us about, we don’t hear that expression much anymore. But we need these kind of books now more than ever. Here are three that help explain what is
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Love or Hate the Term ‘Snowflake’? Thank ‘Fight Club’0
- Culture
- January 25, 2017
I’ve probably seen Fight Club 40 times. A friend whom I lived with in college had a sort of obsession with the film. Yet I somehow failed to make the connection between Fight Club and the term “snowflake.” Here it is: “You are not special. You’re not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You’re the same
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