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  • I Spent a Week Teaching High School Kids How Government Works. Here’s What I Discovered.

    I Spent a Week Teaching High School Kids How Government Works. Here’s What I Discovered.0

    I spent the past week at a camp teaching teens about the legislative process. Among other things, the teens learned about American history, government, and worldview, while also role-playing as senators, representatives, and media. The week ended with a final debate on the house floor of the Minnesota Capitol. Here are five interesting things I

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  • I Remember

    I Remember0

    I was in the air when the first tower was hit; I watched the two towers fall, stupefied and enraged, alone in my hotel room in Norfolk. After my business was done, I went to the eerily quiet Norfolk airport to begin the drive home. I remember watching contrails in the sky driving across Virginia,

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  • I Question the Protests on College Campuses Like Mine. Here’s Why.

    I Question the Protests on College Campuses Like Mine. Here’s Why.6

    Tensions about the Israel-Palestine conflict came to a head on many college campuses last spring. Tents arrived as students camped out for days, sometimes weeks. Some protests were disbanded through peaceful negotiation with administrators, while others were broken up by riot police, including at my own school. The result has been anything but peaceful. Students

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  • I Left England Because of Socialized Medicine. My Life Depended on It.

    I Left England Because of Socialized Medicine. My Life Depended on It.0

    Imagine strapping your infant child into a car seat, only to see his body suddenly jerk forward or backward, arms and legs stiffening, and eyes rolling back in the head.  Alarm quickly turns to panic, which turns to frantic weaving through traffic to get to the hospital. Within minutes of arriving, the child is rushed

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  • I Immigrated to the US to Pursue the American Dream, Not to Pay for Your College Degree

    I Immigrated to the US to Pursue the American Dream, Not to Pay for Your College Degree0

    Candidates were back at it last week, competing to see who could present the best student loan forgiveness plan. Sure, that might appeal to some of the party’s base and America’s cash-strapped millennials. But for roughly 46 million immigrants like me, the idea that the government should forgive student loans is totally unfair. After all, when we came here,

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  • I Grew up Without a TV. Here’s What I Appreciated.

    I Grew up Without a TV. Here’s What I Appreciated.0

    Twice, in all my childhood, a TV entered our house. The first time was during the 2012 Summer Olympics. We’d borrowed an old screen from a friend – one of those boxy 13-inch TVs (the kind that, minus the off-screen dials, you might see Calvin watching in “Calvin and Hobbes”). My family propped the clunky device

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