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  • How do we spend our time?

    How do we spend our time?0

    • August 23, 2016

    Over at Ted.com, we learn that as a planet we spend 3 billion hours a week playing video games. The article further reports that: “The average young person racks up 10,000 hours of gaming by the age of 21 — or 24 hours less than they spend in a classroom for all of middle and

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  • What Makes a Sentence a Masterpiece?

    What Makes a Sentence a Masterpiece?0

    A great sentence makes you want to chew it over slowly in your mouth the first time you read it. A great sentence compels you to rehearse it again in your mind’s ear, and then again later on. A sentence must have a certain distinction of style – the words come in an order that

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  • National Geographic: Jesus Not an Influential Figure of the Ancient World

    National Geographic: Jesus Not an Influential Figure of the Ancient World0

    In a dumbed-down culture we are often happy to take any scraps of intellectual comfort we can find. In such an impoverished climate, a magazine like National Geographic takes on almost iconic significance. We are tempted to see it as a last bastion of intellectual engagement, offering crumbs of comfort in the age of the

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  • Teacher: Forget the Homework, Spend Time with Family

    Teacher: Forget the Homework, Spend Time with Family0

    In recent weeks, a report on the value of homework has been making the rounds. In a nutshell? Homework for elementary school children is not beneficial. Texas teacher Brandy Young has apparently taken these homework findings to heart. As USA Today reports: “Last week, mom Samantha Gallagher posted a note on Facebook from her daughter’s teacher reading: ‘After

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  • Univ. of Chicago Pushes Back on Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces

    Univ. of Chicago Pushes Back on Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces0

    Academics around the country are embracing the relatively new trend of using trigger warnings to shield students from ideas that might be discomforting or trauma-inducing. These ideas often include topics that touch on “racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism, cissexism, ableism, and other issues of privilege and oppression.” Though there is some debate surrounding how widespread the

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  • Morgan Freeman Destroys Black History Month

    Morgan Freeman Destroys Black History Month0

    Most people in America think others should be treated equally regardless of their race. Unfortunately, the various interpretations of what is meant by “treating people equally” has led to a lot of actions that could be interpreted as pandering that borders on disrespect. One of these may very well be the dedication of February in

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