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When Rudolph Meets Beowulf 0
- Education
- December 20, 2016
One doesn’t need to be a Christian to enjoy Christmas. Or, to put it another way, even non-Christians can enjoy Christmas, if they embrace it in the broad Dickensian spirit of the Thing. Yes indeed. Everyone can enjoy Christmas. Or nearly everyone. There are, of course, always the Scrooges. Take, for instance, the Scrooges at
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Why Wandering Minds Are Unhappy Minds 0
- Education
- December 20, 2016
Have you ever eaten an apple cider doughnut? I hadn’t; but I was craving one. My wife and I were hiking on a beautiful fall day. The first leg of the hike was unrelentingly steep. Sometimes at the beginning of a hike, my mind fills with complaints: too hot, too many bugs, too steep, too
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Scholar: U.S. Schools Producing the ‘Dumbest Generation’ Ever 0
- Culture
- December 20, 2016
Generally speaking, if there’s one thing that liberals and conservatives agree on it’s that America’s schools are in rough shape. A look at the results coming out of today’s schools only lends further credibility to this assertion. With the exception of economics, fewer than 40 percent of today’s high school seniors are proficient in any
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Why I’ll Never Own a Cat (And Why You Shouldn’t Either)0
- Education
- December 20, 2016
Last summer, a few neighbor children came running up to our house. They had found a litter of kittens under their deck. My 5-year-old daughter was out the door so fast I didn’t have the opportunity to shout, “Stop! Brain parasites!” I’ve been deathly afraid of cats for five years now. It all stems from
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FDR On How to Find ‘Peace on Earth’ Amid War and Despair 0
- Culture
- December 20, 2016
Over the weekend, my attention was drawn to an old Christmas carol whose words were composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I was particularly struck by the air of hopelessness which comes near the end of the carol, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day: “And in despair I bowed my head; ‘There is no peace
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Modern Childhood and the Death of the Seesaw 0
- Culture
- December 19, 2016
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