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Sundays Are Disappearing from the Western World0
- July 17, 2015
Perhaps some of you are old enough to remember Sundays when stores and restaurants were shuttered, and a deeper peace and quiet reigned. In America, it has now become a day where the mall closes at seven instead of nine. Apparently, this trend is spreading throughout the West. In last week’s Daily Mail, Peter Hitchens
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Are Your Friends Really Your Friends?0
- July 17, 2015
To get by, we all need a little help from our friends. But in an age too often marked by superficiality, we often think about whether those we now call “friends” are actually our friends who will be with us in both fair and stormy weather. Turns out, the people in times past thought about
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The AFT Clinton Endorsement Just Keeps Getting Weirder0
- July 17, 2015
It seems that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) ignored a memo from Richard Trumka, President of AFL-CIO, when it endorsed Hillary Clinton for president earlier this week. Trumka allegedly sent a memo to all leaders under AFL-CIO’s umbrella – which would have included Randi Weingarten, president of AFT – saying that endorsement for president
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Aquinas’ 16 Steps to Becoming an Intellectual0
- July 17, 2015
An apprenticeship under a master is perhaps the best way to learn something. So it also goes with learning itself. If you want to become an intellectual, it helps to seek training from a master intellect. Undoubtedly, St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was one of the greatest intellects the world has known. He once told someone
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New York Times: Apprenticeships are a Path to the Middle Class0
- July 16, 2015
By now you’ve probably heard about the back-to-the-future moment many European countries are having with higher education. Sensing the need to have a well-trained, capable, and employed population, European nations are increasingly directing their young people into apprenticeships rather than college. In the U.S., however, college is increasingly held up as the only way to a successful,
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What Families Are Missing By Not Reading Aloud0
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- July 16, 2015
Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal ran an article entitled “The Great Gift of Reading Aloud,” in which author Meghan Gurdon reflects on how she implemented family reading time in her household. Gurdon describes read-aloud time as “one of the great joys of our family life” which has brought extreme benefits to herself, her
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