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December 1, 2011

Civic Virtue and Western Civilization

William H. Young

William Young examines the tradition of civic virtue in the Western tradition, and ponders the consequences of its decline.

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December 1, 2011

Fred Reed Pokes Fun at Our Diversity Mania, Particularly in Higher Ed

George Leef

Fred Reed has written a delicious little satire on America's mania for diversity and imagines the effects of the "Look Like America Bill" on college classes, symphony orchestras, and other insti......

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November 30, 2011

5th Avenue Percussions

Peter Wood

Peter Wood contrasts discontented Occupiers with another discontented group.

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November 30, 2011

Caveat Emptor

Glenn Ricketts

That's the gist of this piece in yesterday's Washington Post, at any rate. The writer argues, as others have done recently, that if you're in higher education for the money, watch out. I......

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November 30, 2011

UNC Hosts Stage Adaptation of Common Book Assignment 'Eating Animals'

Ashley Thorne

This fall the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosted several events related to its common reading assignment, Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer. 

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