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  • In the Wake of Mass Shootings, Parents Reconsider Mass Schooling

    In the Wake of Mass Shootings, Parents Reconsider Mass Schooling0

    In the wake of recent tragic school shootings, anxious parents are contemplating homeschooling to protect their children. After February’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the Miami Herald reported that more parents were considering the homeschooling option. And after Friday’s disturbing school shooting in Sante Fe, Texas, a local ABC news affiliate in Alabama reported the

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  • In the Name of Tolerance, California Blacklists Idaho

    In the Name of Tolerance, California Blacklists Idaho0

    In a bizarre show of authoritarianism – even for them – California state officials have decided to ban state-funded travel to Idaho because of its transgender law. In a press release, California’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra, said: “Where states legislate discrimination, California unambiguously speaks out. The state of Idaho has taken drastic steps to undermine the rights of

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  • In Support of a Young America First Scapegoat

    In Support of a Young America First Scapegoat3

    Next week, a young college student will face a federal judge in Washington, D.C., at a sentencing hearing over his nonviolent participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol rally. UCLA undergrad Christian Secor was arrested last February and spent more than a month in solitary confinement. Think about that. Unlike the weekly parade of repeat violent

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  • In Praise of Squalor – at Least in College Housing

    In Praise of Squalor – at Least in College Housing0

    The wine stain on the carpet looks like Turkey, a little Anatolian plateau in vintage purple—or maybe it’s the head of a chubby theropod. It matches the picture of Atatürk hanging on the wall in its shabby frame, forever winked at by Lana Del Rey from a ragged-edged poster covered in the signatures of distinguished

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  • In Praise of School Uniforms

    In Praise of School Uniforms4

    As a mom, I love school uniforms. They take the decision-making out of back-to-school shopping and my kids’ morning routines. But the benefits of school uniforms go far beyond my personal experiences. Most obviously, uniforms prevent students from wearing inappropriate clothing to school. One study in the Journal of School Violence cited “girls wearing revealing

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  • In Praise of Print

    In Praise of Print23

    Fragmented. Distracted. So often, that’s our experience of the internet. Whenever I launch a browser, I am assaulted by an overwhelming mudslide of information, headlines, graphics, photos and videos splashing and splurging across the page, each vying for my attention. Clicking over to social media, I’m inundated with a new firehose of topics, tags, talking

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