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  • Bad Moon Rising for Biden—and Us

    Bad Moon Rising for Biden—and Us0

    “April is the cruelest month,” wrote T. S. Eliot in the opening line of what is regarded as his greatest poem, “The Waste Land.” For President Joe Biden, the cruelest month is surely August of 2021, which is now mercifully ending. When has a president had a worse month?       On the last Sunday in August,

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  • Bad Language Gets a Tenured Female Professor Fired for ‘Sexual Harassment’

    Bad Language Gets a Tenured Female Professor Fired for ‘Sexual Harassment’0

    Tenure used to provide faculty members with solid protection against all but criminal behavior. But now it is proving no match for weak excuses for firing professors who administrators want to be rid of. Marquette University’s termination of political science Professor John McAdams for speaking his mind about a younger faculty colleague’s handling of a

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  • Back to the Past to Find Strength for the Future

    Back to the Past to Find Strength for the Future0

    In 1776, Thomas Paine wrote of the American Revolution, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” His words fit 2020-2021 like a glove. As we all know, our country is in turmoil. We have battled a virus for almost a year, wearing masks and suffering lockdowns, with dubious results. Fraud and deceit marked our

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  • Back to the Books: Reinvigorating Our Reading This Summer

    Back to the Books: Reinvigorating Our Reading This Summer0

    In The Old Lion: A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt, Jeff Shaara gives us a fine portrait of the 26th president of the United States. He incorporates many historical figures into his story, covers most of Roosevelt’s achievements and adventures, and explores Roosevelt’s personality and thinking. Students looking for an introduction to the 26th president, or

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  • Back to the Basics Is the Key to Teaching Our Children to Read

    Back to the Basics Is the Key to Teaching Our Children to Read22

    Between 1900 and 1950, literacy among Americans 14 years and older rose dramatically. The 1950 Census found that illiteracy was below 3% in two-thirds of the states and below 10% in all states. These studies defined illiteracy as a complete inability to read English or any other language. Seventy-five years later, that definition has changed a bit,

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  • Back to School? ‘No Thanks’ Say Millions of New Homeschoolers

    Back to School? ‘No Thanks’ Say Millions of New Homeschoolers0

    Next month marks the beginning of the 2020/2021 academic year in several U.S. states, and pressure is mounting to reopen schools even as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Florida, for example, is now considered the nation’s No. 1 hot spot for the virus; yet on Monday, the state’s education commissioner issued an executive order mandating that

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