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The Fallacy of Being “Safe” While Learning: The Imposed Atrophy of the American Student

When Lewis and Clark chose to explore the Mississippi River (with the backing of President Jefferson and the immeasurable

09 Jun

Remember when you were in high school all those years ago? For me it was decades—longer than I’d like to remember, but just

29 May

There has been the past few years a push to ban what has been termed cultural appropriation throughout Western society. Much

16 Mar

The Slow Dissolution of our National Unity The United States was founded upon one basic principle; the freedom of the

11 Mar

We don’t like to admit it, but humans are creatures of habit. Essentially, that’s what the study of history is: Studying

17 Feb

I find myself reading Orwell quite a bit. Not so much because of his political stances, although I find his arguments on

17 Jan

I’m about to quit—give up and give in. No matter where I look or how far down the road I see, it’s still there. It’s in my

02 Jan

I hate filling out forms. The good news is that with modern word processors most of the most tedious jobs are done: name,

29 Dec

I’ve given a lot of thought to the idea the title of this piece is about. Events in one’s life seem to point to a specific

23 Dec

Should one take any time at all to study the writings of the philosophes, those of the eighteenth century that gave birth to

03 Dec