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  • Our Modern World’s Inability to Understand Fairy Tales

    Our Modern World’s Inability to Understand Fairy Tales0

    It’s not fair. This refrain—so quick to be invoked by young children, who seem to develop a thirst for justice very young indeed—may seem like a curious place to begin in defense of fairy tales. But let me explain. But to backtrack a little further first—well, the latest salvo against fairy tales comes from two Hollywood

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  • Women in Combat? Secretary Mattis Steps Into a Minefield

    Women in Combat? Secretary Mattis Steps Into a Minefield0

    Aside from the “is he in or is he out” speculations, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has largely avoided the major controversies that have plagued his fellow Trump cabinet members. But if the reaction to his recent remarks at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) are any indication, his luck may have begun to run out.

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  • When Sears Used the Market to Combat Jim Crow

    When Sears Used the Market to Combat Jim Crow0

    After 125 years in business, Sears has filed for bankruptcy and may soon be closing its doors forever. This has elicited strong emotions, as Sears has been an integral part of America’s commercial history. But just like Blockbuster and Toys R Us, it’s time for Sears to embrace creative destruction and pave the way for

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  • Why Robin Williams’ Character from ‘Dead Poets Society’ is a Terrible Person

    Why Robin Williams’ Character from ‘Dead Poets Society’ is a Terrible Person1

    He’s an actor we all remember fondly, playing one of the most beloved characters in recent cinematic history in a movie that few in my chosen field of study, English Literature, regard as anything short of scripture. I’m speaking, of course, of Robin Williams and his role as John Keating in “Dead Poets Society,” a

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  • Why the U.S. Must Become an ‘Aspirational’ Society Once Again

    Why the U.S. Must Become an ‘Aspirational’ Society Once Again0

    When a society feels that the solution for poverty is for the poor to have the opportunity to become rich through hard work and self-improvement, you have an aspirational society. The United States could be classified by this term once upon a time, but in more recent years it has morphed into an envious society

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  • Whatever Happened to Coffee Shop Courtesy?

    Whatever Happened to Coffee Shop Courtesy?1

    “I’ve become that guy who sits in the corner and keeps his opinions to himself.” I am working away on my laptop in a coffee shop that serves as my second home when the man at the nearby table speaks those words. Here’s a sixty-something guy, a little worse for the wear, who for the

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