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Not Monetary Arguments, But we do need to retire outdated cynical arguments
Questions regarding the value of a college education have spiked recently, highlighted by high-profile media coverage. Beyond the hype, three substantive attacks have been levied: (1) the college wage premium is illusory, (2) the lifetime wealth premium that college graduates receive is disappearing, and (3) the risk associated with a college investment has increased. Is college really not worth…
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Reading. Why we each need to Revolt Against the Ethos of Our Times?
The first in a series of articles about how today’s traditional-age college students experience the world — and how it affects their education. Theresa MacPhail is a pragmatist. In her 15 years of teaching, as the number of students who complete their reading assignments has steadily declined, she has adapted. She began assigning fewer readings,…
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Why the Disciplines and No Apologetics? Part 2: The History and Future of Apologetics Courses in Christian colleges: The Historiographical Challenges from Marc Bloch (1886-1944)
The History and Future of Apologetics Courses in Christian colleges: The Historiographical Challenges from Marc Bloch (1886-1944). By Neville Buch, Ph.D., MPHA 2023 PESA Conference INTRODUCTION The paper is an examination on the history and future of apologetics courses in Christian colleges, with an argument that such courses are either collapsing or being redesigned,…
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Have I Got What It Takes to Take a Stand Against the “Self-Righteous Political Decision-Makers”?
From Nell Gluckman, ‘Call the Philosophy Department Office and Tell Them I Have Been Arrested’, MAY 7, 2024 Tell me what that day, April 25, was like for you. How did it start? I’m chair of my department, and we were having our once-every-10-year external-review process, so I went to pick up the…
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Sleeping Satellite: Romanticism is not dead in our thinking…Take a Stand Against the Wickedness of the Times
Sleeping Satellite Song by Tasmin Archer Sleeping Satellites caught up in the spiral historiography unawares, and I am waking you up so that you can live your dreams rather than passively melt into the big sleep. Lyrics I blame you for the moonlit…
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Presentism and Parallelism: Why Political Decisions-Makers Need to fund, contract, or employ professional historians
An excellent piece, Christofer: “At issue between these two interpretive poles is the basic presumption of applied social science: to what extent can the recognition of recurring patterns translate into effective political policy? Yet, Thucydides was not writing social science as we know it. To the extent that his text articulated anything…
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Brisbane Humanists Film and Dinner Discussion: The Way, My Way
Dear Brisbane Folk, or those prepared to travel to Brisbane, If you are interested, here is an invitation to a film and dinner discussion on Sunday May 12th, THE WAY, MY WAY Q&A EVENT Date: Sunday, May 12 Time: 2:00 PM (100 minutes) Location: Regal Cinema, 381 Honour Ave, Graceville, QLD…
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The Way It Is, Don’t You Believe Them…
Standing in line, marking time Waiting for the welfare dime ‘Cause they can’t buy a job The man in the silk suit hurries by As he catches the poor old ladies’ eyes Just for fun he says, “get a job” Why do we put up with it? That’s just the…
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Right-On, David: Why do I not have the Job of the Under-Qualified and Over-Confident?
Finally, David, among the Queensland journalists, you have come out and finally say it. Who hired them? What qualifications did they possess? Would either of them have scored a job anywhere else with similar qualifications and judgement? The Focus of David Fagan’s piece is on young people, but, what I…
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It is What I Have Been Saying: Tillich
Paul Tillich, in 1944, spoke to the history of Existential Thought (attached below). Incredibly, it is exactly what I have stated in the one paragraph below. It is what I have been saying for the last two years, for those who I have sought attention from, and I have been treated like shit with their…