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  • Giving Before Getting

    Giving Before Getting2

    When I was a little girl, my mother would take me and my five siblings to Grants, a long-gone discount store. We did this the first week in December every year, shopping for each other using money we had earned and saved. Running down the aisles, touching everything, brimming with excitement, and bursting with secrets,

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  • Give the Nazis What They Want

    Give the Nazis What They Want0

    If you called Donald Trump a Nazi, he’d probably take offense, even though his nationalism is socialistic. If you called Bernie Sanders a Nazi, you’d be dismissed out of hand, though his socialism is avowedly nationalistic. But did you know that Adolf Hitler himself took offense when the word was applied to him and his

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  • Give the Devil Enough Rope

    Give the Devil Enough Rope0

    Give the devil enough rope and he’ll hang himself. Give him enough power and he’ll hang us first. These might not seem very reassuring words as many of us find ourselves facing pre-election stress syndrome. So much seems to be riding on this particular election that it’s easy to lose our peace of mind in

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  • Ginsburg Rejected Court-Packing, And So Should We

    Ginsburg Rejected Court-Packing, And So Should We0

    The presidential election that will take place in November already was promising to be one of the most unorthodox, nasty and hyperpartisan in our nation’s history. Now with the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the vitriol is growing to unprecedented levels. How do we know that? Because, right in time for Halloween, the extreme

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  • Gillette and the Rise of Political Sycophancy

    Gillette and the Rise of Political Sycophancy0

    What is the deal with razor companies? First they put their products under lock and key, making it practically impossible to actually buy a razor, then they insult their customers.   No wonder beards are making comeback.   Gillette’s new commercial warning against toxic masculinity has attracted ridicule for alienating the very men who buy

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  • Getting Serious About America’s Literacy Time Bomb

    Getting Serious About America’s Literacy Time Bomb2

    The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, better known as the Nation’s Report Card, came out in January, and student reading scores slipped once again. About 40% of fourth-graders and 33% of eighth-graders scored below the test’s basic level. Although states like Alabama provided bright spots in this grim picture with improvement in reading and

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