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  • How Children Are Missing Life’s Meaning

    How Children Are Missing Life’s Meaning0

    I escaped a few weeks ago. I left my job, the city, and – glory, hallelujah! – the internet behind and spent several days at a cabin up north. It was nothing but trees, country roads, a rocky shoreline, and a vast lake. And books. Lots of books. Until the disconnect comes, it’s hard to

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  • How Celebrities Cleverly Evade Responsibility for their Actions

    How Celebrities Cleverly Evade Responsibility for their Actions0

    • November 3, 2017

    Both Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey have announced they are going into “rehab” in order to seek “treatment” for the actions that have recently come to light. Weinstein said he, like Tiger Woods and Anthony Weiner, as well as numerous celebrities before him, is going into “treatment” for “sex addiction.” It was not disclosed what

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  • How Can You Befriend a ‘Semi-Fascist’?

    How Can You Befriend a ‘Semi-Fascist’?2

    Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, at a recent event with a liberal audience, praised Justice Clarence Thomas, her ideological adversary. Sotomayor said, “He is a man who cares deeply about the court as an institution.” She added that while the two often disagree over judicial decisions, “We share a common understanding about people and kindness

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  • How Can We Stop Serving Students So Poorly?

    How Can We Stop Serving Students So Poorly?1

    In 1942, there were 108,579 public school districts in the United States. By the 2020-21 school year, there were only 13,187. That massive consolidation of school districts was propelled by the belief that economies of scale created by larger school districts would lower costs and serve students better. Those presumed efficiencies have not, however, been demonstrated in practice.

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  • How Can Children Believe that Santa Claus Exists?

    How Can Children Believe that Santa Claus Exists?0

    The holiday season is upon us, and so are its attendant myths, most prominent of which is the Santa Claus story. This is the time that many children are told about a man who lives forever, resides at the North Pole, knows what every child in the world desires, drives a sleigh pulled by flying

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  • How California’s New Boardroom Gender Equity Law Demeans Women

    How California’s New Boardroom Gender Equity Law Demeans Women0

    As a working woman, I’m offended by California’s new law requiring corporate boards to consist of up to half female members by 2021. Proponents of the law praise it as “glass ceiling-shattering.” But having the ceiling dropped down on women through mandatory gender quotas is hardly the same feat as climbing to new heights on their own

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