Culture

Chronic Absenteeism Is a Problem, But Most Proposed Solutions Miss the Point 1
- Culture, Education, MomThink
- August 1, 2024
Two weeks ago, three unlikely bedfellows joined forces to announce their intention to cut K-12 chronic absenteeism in half by 2029. The right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, the left-leaning Education Trust, and the nonprofit organization Attendance Works revealed their plan in Washington, DC. The coalition hopes to combat chronic absenteeism, defined as students missing 10 percent or more
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Why Karl Marx Hated Jews 1
- Culture, Economics
- July 30, 2024
Let us be wary of the soothing narrative that downplays the seriousness of growing antisemitism. The belief that Jew hate will diminish once the Israel-Hamas war concludes may be misguided. As I go about my daily life, antisemitism is still a thing of the past. Not so on college campuses and in some cities. Like Elon
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Has Hollywood Killed Originality?5
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured
- July 30, 2024
In bygone days, Hollywood was a bastion of original storytelling and imagination. The industry produced new tales that inspired us and transported us into another realm. But those days are long over, and we, the audience, have no choice but to endure the production of stale remakes and banal retellings of old narratives. Hollywood production
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What Jerry Seinfeld Learned While Reading Marcus Aurelius 0
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Philosophy, Politics
- July 29, 2024
Emperor of Rome from 161–180 AD, Marcus Aurelius is remembered as the “Philosopher King,” largely because of his classic work Meditations, a cornerstone of Stoic philosophy that delves into such themes as reason, virtue, self-control, self-improvement, and finding peace in a turbulent world. The book might seem like an odd choice for a comedian, but Seinfeld
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Are You a Double Hater?7
- Culture, Featured, Politics
- July 26, 2024
In November of this year, a new U.S. president will be elected, but after the recent debate, the tension over this decision is at a peak. People seem very discouraged, scared even. Neither main candidate seems right to a great number of people, and recently I’ve seen the term “double hater” in the news. Double
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Shakespeare’s Sisters 0
- Culture, History, Literature
- July 26, 2024
It’s almost a century since Virginia Woolf wrote “Shakespeare’s Sister” in which she presented the plight of an imaginary sister of Shakespeare who is thwarted because of her sex from emulating her brother’s literary success. Frustrated by the lack of literary opportunity and finding herself pregnant, she does the only sensible thing that a woman
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