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Mark, Misfits, and Malcontents at MSNBC: ‘This is Who We Are’
"Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect."
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Puzzled By Player Policing Protests? There’s a Good Reason
President Jimmy Carter, in an interview with the New York Times, expressed disagreement with the professional football players who are kneeling during the national anthem before games as a protest against police brutality. "I think they ought to find a different way to object, to demonstrate. I would rather
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Twenty Questions for Beth Lindstrom and John Kingston
It's been said that you can't split dead wood. Surprisingly, the Massachusetts Republican Party, usually barren tundra when competing in statewide races, is fielding a forest of formidable candidates to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren in 2018. Two of them — Beth Lindstrom and
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Slander Suit Highlights Unacceptable Conduct By Boston Mayor Marty Walsh
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh says he doesn't know what a defamation lawsuit filed against him this week is all about, but everyone who followed the story this past summer should. In August, Walsh helped whip up hysteria against the organizers of a Free Speech Rally on Boston Common,
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Baseball Literacy and the Health of A Nation
As the World Series gets under way this week, much of the attention will go to how the Los Angeles Dodgers match up with the Houston Astros or what TV ratings will be like. My question is: How many kids in this country will understand what's going on?
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‘Diversity’: The Major Obstacle in Strengthening Teacher Quality
As Dan Goldhaber noted in his article in the Spring 2016 issue of Education Next: "Of the characteristics [of teacher quality] that were measured in the still-revered 1966 Coleman report titled Equality of Educational Opportunity, those that bear the highest relationship to pupil achievement are first, the teacher'
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Trump’s First Year A Big Success
With the one-year anniversary fast approaching of the election that brought us President Donald Trump, it's not too soon to ask how he's doing. One might think it's a question whose answer would depend on your original perspective.
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Another Harvey Victim: Feminist Actress Attacked for Advocating Modesty
An actress spoke in favor of modesty … and, predictably, she needed to apologize for it. In a New York Times op-ed piece recently, Mayim Bialik wrote this:
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