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  • A Time of Deceit: Can Freedom of Speech Endure?

    A Time of Deceit: Can Freedom of Speech Endure?1

    In my teaching days, George Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984, and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World appeared frequently on my classroom reading lists. Orwell’s vision of a totalitarian Big Brother government competed in my mind with Huxley’s dystopian view of a “happy” dictatorship controlled by technology and drugs, and I finally concluded Brave New World

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  • A Time for Trade Schools

    A Time for Trade Schools1

    Solving the huge debt incurred by young adults who took out loans to attend college has become a key policy debate. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for example, recently announced proposed legislation to eliminate student loan debt by taxing bonds and stocks. By the beginning of 2019, student loan debt was at an all-time high: Over 44 million borrowers

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  • A Theory on Why Teen Depression and Anxiety Are Skyrocketing

    A Theory on Why Teen Depression and Anxiety Are Skyrocketing1

    Dovetailing with World Mental Health Day earlier this week, The New York Times published an article about the skyrocketing rates of teenage anxiety, depression, and suicide. It highlights recent data revealing that hospital admissions for suicidal teens have doubled in the last decade, with the highest spike in admissions occurring in early fall as students

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  • A Teetotaler’s Opinion on Why We Need More Bars

    A Teetotaler’s Opinion on Why We Need More Bars0

    I’m a teetotaler—and I have been for basically all my life. My reasons for choosing not to consume alcohol have to do with family history, health, and certain personal convictions. I recently moved from my hometown to a small suburb of Dallas for work. At first, the distance from my family and friends was appreciated;

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  • A Tale of Two Uvalde Fathers

    A Tale of Two Uvalde Fathers4

    The sickening massacre of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas has rightly horrified our nation. Some politicians and commentators are once again calling for stricter gun controls. Others fault the abject failings of America’s mental health care system. A few—perhaps the wisest among us—contend that the collapse of morality

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  • A Tale of Two Literature Courses

    A Tale of Two Literature Courses0

    • April 7, 2015

    My attention was recently drawn to a ranking of the best private schools in Minnesota. Taking a variety of factors into consideration – such as student-teacher ratio, matriculation rate, and SAT/ACT scores – the ranking listed Blake, St. Paul Academy, Breck, Mounds Park Academy, and Trinity School at River Ridge as the best private schools in the state.

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