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  • Why a New IRS Change Will Push Some Entrepreneurs Into Corporate Desk Jobs

    Why a New IRS Change Will Push Some Entrepreneurs Into Corporate Desk Jobs0

    As the end of the year approaches, the IRS has announced its new late repayment penalty rate. The rate has climbed from around 3% two years ago to 8% today. Most workers in the US are W-2 employees and have taxes deducted from their paychecks each pay period. However, if those employees claim more exemptions,

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  • Why a New Computer Program May Improve Writing Proficiency

    Why a New Computer Program May Improve Writing Proficiency0

    I admit to rolling my eyes when I first read the title, “Can a Curious Computer Improve Student Writing?” in Slate Magazine. “Honestly!” ran my internal conversation, “Haven’t people realized by now that students need more than a computer program to become better writers?” But I changed my mind as I read the article, primarily

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  • Why a Nation in Turmoil Must Choose Civility

    Why a Nation in Turmoil Must Choose Civility0

    In 1961, I participated in what one newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, called “one of the most ambitious experiments in race-mixing the South had seen.” With the nation in turmoil, 25 other black students and I helped integrate an all-white junior high school. Outside the school, we faced angry crowds determined to prevent us from getting

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  • Why a Harvard Education Just Doesn’t Cut it Anymore

    Why a Harvard Education Just Doesn’t Cut it Anymore27

    My mom was working in her garden the other day when a car pulled up and a man stepped out. A frequent visitor to the neighboring house, this man was no stranger to my mom, particularly because he often made unexpected comments in passing. This time was no different. “Harvard forever,” he said as he

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  • Why a Gay Liberal from New York Came Out as Conservative

    Why a Gay Liberal from New York Came Out as Conservative0

    Earlier this month the New York Post shared the story of Chadwick Moore, a 33-year-old writer from New York. In September, Moore had been assigned to write a piece on the now-famous provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos for Out magazine. Moore knew he was covering a controversial (i.e. loathed) figure, but he decided he was going to write

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  • Why a Former Chicago Public School Teacher is Advocating Vouchers

    Why a Former Chicago Public School Teacher is Advocating Vouchers0

    • March 29, 2017

    It’s unlikely that Marilyn Rhames ever thought she would be advocating for school choice and *gasp* vouchers. As a black, public school teacher from Chicago, such a position was not on her radar. But her position changed as she saw the public schools from inside and realized they didn’t offer the type of high-quality education

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