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College Enrollment is Decreasing… Is That a Good Thing?0
- Education
- January 12, 2016
College enrollment is down for the fourth straight year, even though high school graduation rates are up. For an education system that pushes every child toward college, that may be bad news. But as an article in yesterday’s Atlantic claims, it may actually be a good thing. For one, declining college enrollment could be a
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Are Family Divisions Contributing to National Disunity?0
- Culture
- January 12, 2016
Ever had a painful rift in your family? If a new study from the University of Cambridge is any indication, there’s a good chance you have. Of the over 1,629 invitees in the University’s survey on family estrangement, roughly half admitted to being “estranged from their family or a key family member.” Unfortunately, such estrangement
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8 Quotes on Public Speaking for Tonight’s State of the Union Address 0
- History
- January 12, 2016
Every year about this time, the President of the United States makes his appearance at the lectern in the House of Representatives with great pomp and circumstance – and often great political theater. In light of this expected tableau, we’ve compiled the following 8 quotes on oratory to bear in mind. “An orator without judgment
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Love doesn’t need Marriage 0
- Culture
- January 12, 2016
So my wife and I are coming up on 15 years of marriage. We’ve got the kids, the dog, the house, the people-mover vehicle, and a wealth of experience to prove it. While she comes from a home in which her parents soon will be celebrating 40 years of marriage, I came from a home
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Textbook Exec: “I Hate Kids”… Common Core “All About the Money”0
- Education
- January 12, 2016
Apparently, the man behind the ACORN sting videos is now set on taking down a new foe: the Common Core Standards. Today, O’Keefe’s Project Veritas released a video showing conversations with Dianne Barrow, an accounts manager for textbook publishing company Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt. Here it is: Significant quotes from the video include the following:
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The State of the Union Hasn’t Always Been Political Theater 0
- History
- January 12, 2016
The State of the Union has become an occasion for political showmanship and partisan display. But it wasn’t always that way. It was originally instituted by the Constitution as an opportunity for the President to “recommend … such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” But most presidents didn’t take the opportunity to appear
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