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Thomas Duke

Give Female Athletes What They Deserve

Written by Thomas Duke and J.A. Windham 11.38 seconds. That’s what it takes to be truly in a class of…

Making the Most of College: How Personal Purpose Colors the University Experience

...approaching college with purpose will animate your university years with color and infuse them with deeper meaning. You won’t be…

STRIVECon Recap: Questions and Clarifications on Self-Interest in Ayn Rand’s Philosophy

  From November 6th-8th, enterprising students from across the country (and even beyond) gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, for STRIVE’s annual…

On Cloud Nine or Crying Their Eyes Out: How Emotionalism is Destroying Student Culture

Slowly but subtly, a change is taking place in university culture. Once havens for free speech and the discussion of…

The Cause of the Adjunct Crisis: How a Research Focus is Destroying Higher Education

The “adjunct crisis” has not grown out of the so-called corporatization of the university. Instead, the crisis is largely a…

Unlearning Individualism: The Lessons of Compulsory Education

Requiring people to attend school, over and against their (and their family’s) wishes teaches students that they should not trust…

Brave Innovators Deserve Freedom: The Moral Need for Immigration Reform

A moral economic system where people are free to immigrate, innovate and improve their own lives is also the kind…

No University Left Behind

Under a system where government demands that it get what it pays for, the humanities will either become the propaganda…

How Free Education Produces Undisciplined Minds

There have always been lazy students and unreflective parents, but there have not always been government standards and government money…