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The Difference A Dad Makes

This Father's Day Weekend, I happen to be turning 40. Fortunately, with a wife and four young children, there will be precious little time to worry about any looming mid-life crisis. The emphasis will remain, full speed ahead, on fatherhood. But it's worth taking a moment

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If We’re Going To Be A Nation of Equals, We Need To Be A Nation of Equalizers

The shooting of a Republican leader in Congress and others by a disturbed left-wing attacker at a baseball practice in northern Virginia early Wednesday morning brings to mind all sorts of problems in America: the viciousness of our politics, the absurdity of our public rhetoric, the prevalence of violence. It&

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Why Can’t We Raise Academic Requirements for K-12 Teachers?

There is one good reason that the most recent review of research on teacher professional development in mathematics in the USA almost uniformly finds it ineffective: It doesn't lead to student gains. The majority of our K-12 teachers were in the bottom third of their academic cohort in

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Charlie Baker’s Dispiriting Drift Left as Strategic Planning

For many Bay State Republicans, Governor Charlie Baker's administration is the advancement of a dishonest marketing campaign: Baker and Switch. (Run as a Republican, cozy up to Democrats, disown the Republican Party.) Rejected Republicans, perhaps feeling duped from day one, should take note. Baker's dispiriting drift

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Mueller’s Mediocrity Makes Him Into A Star By Washington Standards

A sad truth about modern Washington is that bipartisan consensus is not only rare, it's dangerous. In other words, when Republicans and Democrats agree on something, sometimes it means they both are wrong.

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Your Child Is Confused About Sexuality: Who Knows Best? You? Or the State?

In this country, you have the right to believe the lie that homosexuality and gender confusion are healthy, normal, or natural. But you don't have the right to make others live that lie. Yet, apparently, some Massachusetts legislators think they do.

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Facebook Fesses Up. Now What Are They Going To Do About It?

Have you ever criticized a posting on Facebook? Something you found offensive and outrageous? Would you be surprised if Facebook took down the offensive posting and punished the holder of the account that posted it?

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The Halberstam Book That Best Explains Trump Is By David’s Older Brother

The author and reporter David Halberstam is having a bit of a moment. The Washington Post recently published a piece, headlined "The Greatest Reporter of Our Time," marking the tenth anniversary of his death. The New York Times caught Trump adviser Stephen Bannon reading a Halberstam book.