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What America’s First Student-Led Rebellion Looked Like 0
- Culture
- October 11, 2016
In 1834, a 30-year-old seminary student named Theodore Dwight Weld led what is arguably the most successful student rebellion in U.S. history. It took place near Cincinnati at Lane Theological Seminary, where Weld had enrolled the previous year after dedicating his life to a single cause: the abolition of slavery. “Abolition immediate universal is my desire
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Trump or Hillary? Noah Webster Weighs In.0
- Culture
- October 11, 2016
I have a problem. I don’t know whom to vote for this year. In fact, it’s such a troubling problem that I ignored my own advice to be rational and gave way to an emotional display of tears over this fact the other day. And then I found Noah Webster’s advice to a young man
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Professor On Leave After Criticizing Black Lives Matter 0
- Culture
- October 11, 2016
Via the Washington Post: A college professor found himself in hot water after likening the Black Lives Matter movement to the racism of the Klu Klux Klan. Douglas Muir, an adjunct professor for the University of Virginia, wrote in a Facebook comment that Black Lives Matter is the “biggest” racist organization since the KKK. The
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U.S. Kids Can’t Compete Globally in Financial Knowledge 0
- Education
- October 11, 2016
When it comes to finances, Americans are quite adept at spending. But when it comes to other aspects of finances – such as the all-important one of saving – Americans have a bit of trouble. As USA Today recently reported, roughly seven in 10 Americans have a savings of less than $1,000. That savings track
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Claim: Evolution Can’t Account for Man’s Speech 0
- Science
- October 10, 2016
Thank God for Tom Wolfe. He’s been coming forth with the right sort of right stuff for better than a half century, and he’s still at it. Or maybe it should be “chundering” forth. The verb of choice is Wolfe’s, who has allegedly scholarly papers chundering forth all over the place in this short book.
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A Desire to Fit In is the Root of Almost All Wrongdoing 0
- Education
- October 10, 2016
Imagine that one morning you discover a ring that grants you magic powers. With this ring on your finger, you can seize the presidency, rob Fort Knox and instantly become the most famous person on the planet. So, would you do it? Readers of Plato’s Republic will find this thought experiment familiar. For Plato, one
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