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The UPR Curriculum War

¿No es el Anteproyecto de Un nuevo bachillerato para el año 2000, desde su mismo título, una especie de utopía defectuosa, un desgarrado esfuerzo totalizador de propuestas educativas que tienen, como mal de fondo, la ingenua pretensión de contenerlo todo; un modelo ecléctico que pretende reunir los fetiches ideológico-educativos del …

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The Logical Case against Climate Panic

Logic is the heartbeat of all true learning – the soul of the Classics, the Sciences and Religion. Once everyone studied the Classics, to know that in logic there is a difference between true and false; the Sciences, to discern where it lies; and Religion, to appreciate why it matters. Today, few study all three empires of the mind. Fewer study the ordered beauty of the logic at their heart.

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Philosophical Turn

School of Athens

Mindful of the big, human questions
the illustrious Department was —
What is beauty? Who am I?
What is real? What is good?
Rigorous, nourishing, fair
its philosophical fare

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Like Obamacare, Obama Core Is Another Power Grab

It's well-known that public schools are not graduating students as well-educated as before, that Americans score poorly on international tests, and that billions of federal dollars showered on public schools have not achieved any of the designated goals, which were to raise test scores and to eliminate the gap between higher income and lower income students. The Obama progressives want us to believe that the remedy is to turn over total control to the federal government.

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Primer día de clases en la UPR

Apenas son las Octavitas. Pero hoy, jueves 10 de enero, te aprestas a acudir a tu primer día de clases en el Principal Centro Docente del País. Los martes y jueves son tus días más pesados: de 8:30am a 2:20pm, sin receso. Mochila a cuestas te apresuras para sentarte en …

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The wise men’s gift

For us, children of a then more pious land, it was el gran día (the great day). Three Kings’ Day was, after Christmas, the greatest festivity of the year. It was a special holy day — of sharing, song, and celebration. Young and old alike looked forward to it with merry anticipation.

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Why Rock Music is Boring

Entrevista con Molly GustinBy James McCoy — from the Los Angeles Lay Catholic Mission,  November 1999There are not many hit rock bands whose album liner notes begin with thanks to “Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” In spite of this, Jars of Clay, a Christian rock band, has not been kept …

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Our Composite President

Born Kenyan? Hawaiian?No Narnian is heOur President, just resident?An evolving id No Gipper, good speakerBut, what does he say?Platitudes, fallacies,Hip hip hooray! Heftily taxing the wealthywill impel them to produceHealth reform, carbon creditsthe job market will improve A reverse of Midas—The budget gone bonkersFast Furious, GSA,Solyndra, EPAThe scandals… Which scandals?There’s …

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