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  • Are We Blindly Accepting Preschool without Evidence?

    Are We Blindly Accepting Preschool without Evidence?1

    Last fall we shared a new bit of preschool research conducted by the Peabody Research Institute at Vanderbilt University. The research found that Tennessee’s state-funded Voluntary Prekindergarten program made little difference in giving children a head start in learning. In fact, the time in preschool actually seemed to make children fall behind their peers who

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  • Research Suggests Traumatic ‘Memories’ can be Inherited

    Research Suggests Traumatic ‘Memories’ can be Inherited0

    Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta have found promising data showing that it’s possible for certain information to be biologically inherited by offspring, due to chemical changes in one’s DNA.   Trials using mice discovered that traumatic and stressful experiences, and the emotions that are felt during them, can be passed down

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  • Policing Was Militarized from the Start

    Policing Was Militarized from the Start0

    “Do you see this soldier in this checkpoint?” complained Iraqi resident Wael al-Khafaji, pointing to a spot just a few feet from his Baghdad barbershop.  “He can do whatever he wants to me right now and I can’t say a word. Is this democracy?” Before the U.S. invasion, this businessman – like millions of other

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  • How Machiavellian Are You?

    How Machiavellian Are You?0

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  • Surprised (and Saddened) by Joy

    Surprised (and Saddened) by Joy0

    Out of My Bone: The Letters of Joy Davidman, ed. by Don W. King (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009) I’ve spent the better part of my career as a historian and a writer, reading personal letters, memoirs, and autobiographies. I count it among one of the greatest pleasures in this life to be able to

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  • Yale Dean in 1949: Stop Worrying About Security So Much

    Yale Dean in 1949: Stop Worrying About Security So Much0

    Recently, while reading an old book about a young man’s adventures at Yale, I came across a speech delivered by the dean of that school, who was speaking to the graduating class of 1949. Periodicals at the time apparently suggested that the graduating class had indicated it was “primarily interested in seeking security,” and the

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