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Eisenhower memorial isn’t like Ike

The plan for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, designed by Frank Gehry, involves erecting a life-size statue of Eisenhower — as a seven-year-old surrounded by 80-foot poles with attached mesh curtains depicting the Midwest. It’s a nonsensical, avant-garde approach to remembering one of history’s most notable traditionalists.

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Manti Te’o, Catfish, and culture in the age of online hoaxes

By now you’ve heard that Notre Dame football star Manti Te’o has a fake dead girlfriend. Did he perpetrate a hoax or fall victim to one? Did the media fail to do its job? These are interesting and important questions, but the most troubling revelation may be what the story reveals about ourselves. The online...

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National Review offering free digital subscriptions for students

National Review is making digital subscriptions free for all college students with a valid ‘.edu’ email address, the magazine announced earlier this month. “We have always wanted to get National Review to young people,” Publisher Jack Fowler said. National Review, founded by William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955, is a flagship publication of the conservative...