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True Education Means Going Past Religion

Posted by Josh in June 22nd, 2009  
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Organized religion is the frozen thought of man, out of which he builds temples and churches, it has become a solace for the fearful, an opiate for those who are in sorrow. But God or truth is far beyond thought and emotional demands. Parents and teachers who recognize the psychological processes which build up fear [...]

Teach Your Children Well: Where the Red Fern Grows and the Old American Work Ethic

Posted by Josh in June 14th, 2009  
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It’s no secret that the youth of America have an entitlement issue, many feeling they are owed the American dream simply because they were born under the banner of the US flag. The Protestant work ethic, the scrimping, the saving, the scrutinous sanctimony that accompanied all major purchases for most of the lives of our [...]

Finding the Human in the Being: Tim Russert’s Final Words

Posted by Josh in June 10th, 2009  
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There are tragedies in literature, tragedies in politics, history and theater; rarely are there tragedies in the American news media. Perhaps the largest of these media tragedies is the loss of Tim Russert, a man whose supernova of a heart was too big to make it the average male’s life expectancy. When he went, he [...]

The Letter Project: Where Letters Go To Live

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in June 8th, 2009  
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The art of personal letter writing is considered by many to be a dying one. Unique in format, the personal letter can be a perfect blend of literary and private exposition, a format which seems to be on the verge of extinction in an age of incessant streams of tweeting diatribes and impatient screaming sound [...]

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