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The Hippocratic Oath doesn’t say ‘First, Do No Harm’2
- Education
- July 15, 2016
The Greek physician Hippocrates (460 – 370 BC) is considered the father of modern medicine in Western culture. It would be unusual to take an ethics class at a medical school in the United States and not here mention of the author of the Hippocratic Oath. Many people believe the Hippocratic Oath begins with
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Why are So Many Movies Based on Children’s Classics So Bad?0
- Culture
- July 15, 2016
The director Steven Spielberg is a cultural juggernaut. After decades of hit movies such as Jaws, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Saving Private Ryan, and many more, he would seem like the perfect choice to translate a beloved children’s story to the big screen. Alas, although the anticipation surrounding Spielberg’s collaboration with Walt Disney
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Kids Today Need More (Not Less) Responsibility1
- Culture
- July 15, 2016
My wife and I are among the only 28% of parents today who make their children do chores. And, like many children when forced to do undesirable work, ours do their fair share of complaining and dawdling. In these moments, the reminder we frequently give them is this: “It’s not your job to play.” Perhaps
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Who Wrote This Medieval Literary Classic?0
- Education
- July 15, 2016
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Bedtime Stories Help Kids—So Ban Them?0
- Culture
- July 15, 2016
Class divides and racial divides are passé. Now, there’s bedtime reading inequality. In a recent article for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, journalist Joe Gelonesi asked whether loving families are an “unfair advantage.” The piece asked whether we should level the academic playing field among all children, by having all parents stop bedtime reading in order
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That Alexander Hamilton Had One Messed Up Childhood1
- Entertainment
- July 15, 2016
Interest in Alexander Hamilton, the man commonly dubbed America’s “most brilliant” Founding Father, has spiked following the success of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway “>musical: Hamilton. While I’ve yet to see the musical, I have read the book that inspired Miranda’s work: Ron Chernow’s stunning biography, Alexander Hamilton. It is perhaps the single best biography I’ve read,
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