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Don’t Culturally Appropriate Halloween—It’s Mine 0
- Culture
- October 31, 2016
People across America and beyond will dress up for Halloween on Monday, either to ask strangers for candy or as an excuse to imbibe ample quantities of spirits at a party. But before anyone dresses up, a little attention must first be paid to ensure proper Halloween protocols are observed. First, as Yale University made
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Why Our Culture is So Fascinated by Monsters 0
- Culture
- October 31, 2016
I have always wondered why our culture our culture is so fascinated by evil and darkness. When Dante appears on high school reading lists it is always in the form of his Inferno, but never his Purgatorio or Paradiso. One of the biggest educational publishers, Scholastic Books, is known primarily for Harry Potter and The
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Prof: Most Students Don’t Know Thomas Jefferson was President 0
- Culture
- October 31, 2016
As Intellectual Takeout recently noted, Americans are embracing bad government because they don’t know history. If you don’t believe it, just ask Professor Duke Pesta. According to The College Fix, Professor Pesta has long been concerned about the decline of general knowledge in America’s student body, and the informal surveys he conducts suggest there is
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A Case Against Frumpiness 5
- Culture
- October 31, 2016
In case you missed the memo, yoga pants are now one of the sacred elements of self-expression which must not be condemned. At least, that’s what Alan Sorrentino recently discovered. According to the Providence Journal, Sorrentino wrote a letter to the editor suggesting that yoga pants aren’t always the most flattering choice of dress for
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Poll: Voters Ignorant On Issues That Affect Them 0
- Culture
- October 28, 2016
If there is truth in Ben Franklin’s precept that “tyranny begins” with “ignorance,” a poll commissioned by Just Facts shows that the U.S. may be in deep trouble. While most polls measure public opinion, this unique poll measures voters’ knowledge of issues that affect their lives in tangible ways. These include education, taxes, healthcare, the
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The Best Political Ad of 2016 0
- Culture
- October 28, 2016
This is being acclaimed as the best TV advertisement of the 2016 election. Not for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate for the US Presidency. Not for Donald Trump, the GOP candidate. For Gerald Daugherty, the incumbent County Commissioner for Travis County, Precinct 3, in Austin, Texas. County Commissioners do boring stuff like keeping down taxes,
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