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  • Anthropological Architecture

    Anthropological Architecture0

    People love good streets. Americans who visit Europe often spend days simply wandering the winding streets of small towns (like this street in Bayeux, France), taking photographs, shopping in open-air markets, and experiencing a keen enjoyment of spaces—an enjoyment missing from the suburban streets of their own cities and neighborhoods (like this one near my

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  • Why Teachers Should Be Stingy with Praise

    Why Teachers Should Be Stingy with Praise0

    I’ve gotten several emails about this article by Joanne Lipman in the Wall Street Journal. The bottom line is that the teachers who get the best results are all about really tough love. The best way to motivate students is to challenge them with realistic (and therefore tough) assessments of their shortcomings. It’s a good idea to shout

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  • Why Chesterton Appreciated Paganism

    Why Chesterton Appreciated Paganism0

    For more than thirty years G. K. Chesterton wrote a weekly essay for the Illustrated London News. In a 1932 piece, now known as “The Loss of True Paganism,” Chesterton took note of a phenomenon that is still very much with us today. The phenomenon in question was the decline of religious belief and religious practice

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  • 3 Super Simple Ways to Teach your Kids About Delayed Gratification

    3 Super Simple Ways to Teach your Kids About Delayed Gratification0

    Delayed gratification seems to be the parenting buzz word of the moment. In every in-depth conversation I’ve had with fellow moms in the last year, this has come up as one of those “important things” we need to teach our kids. In an age of abundance, how do we teach children to value their belongings?

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  • Why Education is the ‘Fraud of the Age’

    Why Education is the ‘Fraud of the Age’1

    There’s always something thrilling about the start of a new school year or semester. New clothes to wear. Fresh books to explore. New teachers to meet. It’s all become a part of what we call back-to-school and the education experience. Of course, many of us will quickly agree that the new books and clothes aren’t

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  • Kindness: A Pathway to a Satisfying Life

    Kindness: A Pathway to a Satisfying Life1

    Recently my wife learned that 103 students enrolled at her university are wards of the state—they have no parents or home. As she shared her story, she choked up and so did I.  Life is hard. And even for those who are materially comfortable, there are problematical circumstances and challenges to overcome. No one is

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