Culture

He Persuaded the Columbine Killers Not to Murder Him 0
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- April 23, 2018
Nineteen years ago, one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history happened at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Thirteen lives were lost, and 13 families were forever changed. Evan Todd was one of the lucky ones. The first to be shot in the library, he persuaded the shooters not to murder him. “After
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Kanye West: Stop Embracing Victimhood and Start Thinking 0
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- April 23, 2018
Confession time. I’ve never known much about Kanye West. The basic extent of my knowledge runs as follows: He’s some type of musician (a rapper as it turns out – I had to look it up). He’s married to Kim Kardashian. He has a creative sense of humor when it comes to naming his children.
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18 Earth Day Predictions That Were Spectacularly Wrong 0
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- April 23, 2018
Yesterday (Sunday, April 22) was Earth Day 2018 and time for my annual Earth Day post….. In the May 2000 issue of Reason Magazine, award-winning science correspondent Ronald Bailey wrote an excellent article titled “Earth Day, Then and Now” to provide some historical perspective on the 30th anniversary of Earth Day. In that article, Bailey
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MIT Study: Career and Technical Education Courses Boost Graduation Rates (a Lot)0
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- April 20, 2018
Following the release of the latest numbers from The Nation’s Report Card, City Journal columnist Ray Domanico made an interesting observation: the low math and reading scores of eighth grade students parallel the national rates of college completion. In other words, the students who will succeed in college are the ones who are currently succeeding
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Catholic University Totally Cool with Drag Show! But Don’t Publish a Photo of it 0
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- April 20, 2018
In 1990 Pope John Paul II, troubled over the decline of traditional religious views on Catholic campuses, published Ex Corde Ecclesiae, an apostolic constitution that aimed to define and reestablish the identity and mission of Catholic institutions of higher learning. Among the document’s many provisions was a call for Catholic universities to foster ”fidelity to
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Stanford Study: Religious Teens Are Smarter (and More Conscientious and Cooperative) than Non-Observant Teens 0
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- April 19, 2018
No one is surprised when teenagers withdraw from their parents’ religious practice. It’s often looked upon as a rite of passage. But, according to a study from Stanford Graduate School of Education no one should be surprised either if their grades suffer. Adolescents who are committed to their religious beliefs do better academically than those who are
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