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  • The Main Purpose of Education in a Republic

    The Main Purpose of Education in a Republic0

    When it comes to education, it seems everyone has a different idea as to the best course of action: Do we keep Common Core or ditch it? Should we test more, or do we have too many tests already? Should they learn critical thinking or should they be taught to memorize facts? And on it

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  • A Convincing Case for Saying ‘Y’all’?

    A Convincing Case for Saying ‘Y’all’?0

    Grammarians and lovers of the English language will either be intrigued or horrified by a recent piece for The Atlantic. In it, writer Vann R. Newkirk II makes the case that “y’all” NEEDS to be adopted into common usage beyond the American south. Newkirk points out that there are “no distinct second-person plural pronouns in

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  • College Student learns the World isn’t Nice

    College Student learns the World isn’t Nice0

    The Guardian reports: “North Korea has sentenced an American college student to 15 years’ hard labour after finding him guilty of ‘crimes against the state’, in a ruling that is certain to increase tensions with Washington. Otto Warmbier, a 21-year-old economics student at the University of Virginia, was found guilty of committing ‘severe crimes’ against

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  • Should We Care that Military History is Neglected in School?

    Should We Care that Military History is Neglected in School?0

    In his book Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child, Professor Anthony Esolen relays the following story of two homeschool brothers: “[They] got their hands on battle plans, pored over them, committed them to memory, and turned the basement into a battlefield. They drew out the woods and hills and rivers in chalk,

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  • Oh, no! WhereWhitePeopleMeet.com Exists

    Oh, no! WhereWhitePeopleMeet.com Exists0

    For a while now the dating site WhereWhitePeopleMeet.com has been causing controversy. It’s silly really. If you’re seeking a life-partner, you’re going to want to start with some commonalities. Which commonalities are important to a person are of personal opinion. Attractiveness and personality naturally rank high among qualities, but once you move beyond those things

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  • What are ‘Checks and Balances’ in Government?

    What are ‘Checks and Balances’ in Government?0

    The modern understanding of checks and balances is that of government divided into separate and distinct branches. Each branch is endowed with certain safeguards to prevent against concentration and abuse of power. The concept of checks and balances has been widely implemented in a variety of constitutional governments, including the United States, where powers are distributed

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