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Behind Every MAGA Hat Lurks A (False) Story
After reading about the alleged assault on Jussie Smollett, I wondered how long men have been so hateful? Then came the answer: Since the Fall of Man.
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How Common Core Is Destroying Training of Teachers
As intended, Common Core's standards shape tests determining "college and career readiness." But, unfortunately, they affect the preparation of teachers and administrators, as well. How they do so is not well understood by most parents. Here's how it works. Stay with me, because even
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Weld? NoWeld’s Policies?Some, Yes
Bill Weld is not a serious candidate for president. Someone who preferred the Democrat to the Republican for president in 2008 and 2016 isn't a serious Republican figure. And it's hard to forget the dilettante governor getting so bored atop Massachusetts state government in 1997 that
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De Gaulle: He Saved the Honor of France
De Gaulle By Julian Jackson Harvard University Press August 2018 928 pages In his magisterial biography of de Gaulle, Julian Jackson has done us a great service: he has distilled the thousands of books and articles about Charles de Gaulle into a brilliant, fascinating biography. He has written, in fact,
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The Old Codger on Valentine’s Day
If there's one thing today's snowflakes need help with — hold on, now that I think about it, it's just about everything!But the latest thing I'm hearing all you young whippersnappers, people under age 67, and even some of you middle-agers, people
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Lies, Death, and Andrew Cuomo
New York governor Andrew Cuomo wrote a column in the New York Times last week lambasting critics of his over-the-top, pro-abortion ways. He also felt the need to point out that "I was educated in religious schools." As a high school theology teacher, I apologize … for the shortcoming
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Billionaires Will Be A Burning Issue in 2020 Campaign
Coming soon to a Democratic Party presidential debate: the question, "Is it morally appropriate for anyone to be a billionaire?" A version of the query was raised earlier this month by the author Ta-Nehisi Coates. He was interviewing a new Democratic congresswoman from New York, the self-described socialist
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Life, Not Abortion,Is the Real (Natural) Human Right
A Massachusetts member of Congress sponsored a bill in December declaring that abortion rights are human rights. The bill would require the U.S. State Department to include "reproductive rights" in its annual human rights report, after the State Department deleted all subsections pertaining to abortion rights in
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