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  • Nine of the Ten Richest People in the World Are Self-Made Entrepreneurs

    Nine of the Ten Richest People in the World Are Self-Made Entrepreneurs0

    • December 3, 2019

    Every year Forbes publishes its list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. Topping the list in 2019 for the second year in a row was, to no one’s surprise, Jeff Bezos. The Amazon founder kept the top spot despite a divorce that sent his net worth tumbling from $160 billion to $114 billion. Worldwide, Americans represent

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  • Why We Need to Take Education Back to Past Practices

    Why We Need to Take Education Back to Past Practices2

    Sometimes the best way to go forward is to go backward. In 1899, the population of Boonville, North Carolina was under 200. It was a tiny crossroads town in the middle of farming country. It was also the home of the Yadkin Valley Institute and School of Business, which 20 years later would become a

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  • How Praising Children Teaches Them Not to Learn

    How Praising Children Teaches Them Not to Learn0

    Talk to a youth sport’s coach and he might say today’s kids are un-coachable. Ask an exasperated teacher and she might say today’s kids don’t know how to learn. Listen to parents and they might say they have tried building their child’s confidence but to no avail. Famed Stanford University psychology professor Carol Dweck wants us

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  • Forever Free: The Importance of Literacy

    Forever Free: The Importance of Literacy0

    “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury One way to get people to stop reading books is to fail to teach them to read proficiently. Permit me to digress from that idea for a moment. Recently a correspondent sent me a link to

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  • Eliminating Food Deserts Doesn’t Help Poor Americans

    Eliminating Food Deserts Doesn’t Help Poor Americans0

    In the U.S., rich people tend to eat a lot healthier than poor people. Because poor diets cause obesity, Type II diabetes and other diseases, this nutritional inequality contributes to unequal health outcomes. The richest Americans can expect to live 10-15 years longer than the poorest. Many think that a key cause of nutritional inequality

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  • Saving Private Ryan: Virtue and Valour Against ‘Toxic Masculinity’

    Saving Private Ryan: Virtue and Valour Against ‘Toxic Masculinity’0

    When my 16, 14, and 12 year-old sons asked me if they could watch Thor: Ragnarok for a second time, I reminded them that it wasn’t likely to improve upon second viewing, and they good naturedly agreed. Their next choice was Saving Private Ryan. That gave me pause. I hadn’t thought about that movie in a long time.

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