Evangelicals hope that Donald Trump will help to usher in the … the end of the world. Apocalyptic expectations are running hot and growing hotter.
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by Sheldon Greaves The last few weeks have featured a number of news stories about how some Trump supporters or spokespersons believe that Donald Trump is “God’s Chosen One”, (whatever that means). The idea is popular among Evangelical leaders, although … Continue reading
Beneath the public climate debate, another debate is going on, unnoticed, and one that citizen scientists may be uniquely qualified to address.
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Freedom University is an underground learning community that assists undocumented youth acquire the intellectual tools needed to prepare for college.
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In the 1960s and early 70’s. the Midpeninsula Free University created a thriving, radical learning community with lessons for today.
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The college admissions scandal is just part of a deeper, dirtier malaise infecting higher education.
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By Sheldon Greaves If you’ve been to college, you have probably taken a course called “Western Civilization” or “Western Civ” for short. It was probably a required course, which means you did all you could to get through it quickly … Continue reading
The act of taking a life is deeply traumatizing, even for a trained soldier. Finally, a new film looks at this unrecognized cost of killing.
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By Sheldon Greaves The quote above is a less well-known ancillary to Sun Tzu’s more famous quote: “Know your enemy as you know yourself, and in one hundred battles you will not be in peril. This post is about intellectual … Continue reading