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How Trump is Retooling Politics for the 21st Century0
- Education
- January 31, 2018
Donald J. Trump was the first candidate to become president of the United States without prior experience as a military leader, a politician or ever having held a senior government post. As he delivers his State of the Union address this week, the president has the lowest approval rating of any modern-day commander-in-chief. Yet
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Is it Time to Be Honest About Ethanol?0
- Economics
- January 31, 2018
The federal government imposes a mandate to blend corn ethanol and other biofuels into the nation’s gasoline. This “renewable fuel standard” or RFS raises prices at the gas pump. The “10% Ethanol” sticker you see when filling your tank signals that you are being economically exploited by the government in cahoots with corn farmers. At
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8 Characteristics of a Rational Soul0
- Education
- January 30, 2018
Marcus Aurelius (121-180 A.D.), the last of Rome’s Five Great Emperors, was in many ways the paradigm of Plato’s philosopher king. His Meditations (essentially a diary written for himself) reveal a man striving for peace through wisdom, self-control, and stoical acceptance. One theme that runs through Meditations is the power of human reason and its ability to harness
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More Children are Starting School Depressed and Anxious – Without Help, It Will Only Get Worse0
- Culture
- January 30, 2018
This article is part of a series that draws on the latest research on back to school transitions. In it, experts explain how best to prepare children for school, and counter difficulties such as stress or bad behaviour. Starting school for the first time can be stressful. Children are suddenly thrown into a foreign environment,
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How Schopenhauer Can Help You Understand (and Overcome) Your Midlife Crisis0
- Culture
- January 30, 2018
Despite reflecting on the good life for more than 2,500 years, philosophers have not had much to say about middle age. For me, approaching 40 was a time of stereotypical crisis. Having jumped the hurdles of the academic career track, I knew I was lucky to be a tenured professor of philosophy. Yet stepping back
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Today’s Students Suffer from School Bell Tyranny0
- Culture
- January 30, 2018
Have you ever wondered how many students spend most of their school day in boredom and indifference to what they are learning? Gallup pondered a similar question in 2013. They discovered that 80 percent of grade school students were engaged in school. That percentage dropped to 60 percent in middle school and down to 40
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