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  • American slavery: Separating fact from myth

    American slavery: Separating fact from myth0

    • June 19, 2017

    People think they know everything about slavery in the United States, but they don’t. They think the majority of African slaves came to the American colonies, but they didn’t. They talk about 400 years of slavery, but it wasn’t. They claim all Southerners owned slaves, but they didn’t. Some argue it was all a long

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  • American Schools are Focusing on Diversity at History’s Expense

    American Schools are Focusing on Diversity at History’s Expense0

    The 1619 Project. By now many of us have either viewed ads about, seen references to, or read directly from this initiative of The New York Times, which marks four centuries since slaves first came to America. It sounds like an admirable initiative, no? After all, it’s good to remember our history, especially the bad

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  • American Prayer in the Midst of Crises

    American Prayer in the Midst of Crises0

    Several weeks ago, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave a press conference on – what else? – the coronavirus. The press conference was, like many these days, a discussion of numbers and the problems of reopening the economy, but one statement was a bit startling. Discussing the hopeful sign of plateauing numbers, Cuomo expressed caution

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  • American Parents Spend 6 Hours Per Week on Their Kids’ Homework

    American Parents Spend 6 Hours Per Week on Their Kids’ Homework0

    Given the danger of violence in school these days, it’s not surprising that concerned parents would air their worries during water cooler chit-chat throughout the work day. Such was the recent case for a relative of mine. As she relayed to me, one of her co-workers noted that homeschooling seems to be the safest education

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  • American Parents Must Stop Raising a Generation of Peter Pans

    American Parents Must Stop Raising a Generation of Peter Pans1

    A friend of mine recently told me how much her family loves their new neighborhood, particularly its kid-friendly nature. The park is close, she explained, and no one thinks anything of their children walking down the block alone to play with neighborhood children. This scenario is much appreciated, particularly after what they experienced in their

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  • American Parents ‘Are Afraid of Their Own Kids,’ Physician Says

    American Parents ‘Are Afraid of Their Own Kids,’ Physician Says0

    Family physician and author Dr. Leonard Sax has made a name for himself by seeking to restore common sense to today’s crazy world of child-rearing. He continues this quest toward restored sanity in a recent interview with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. As Dr. Sax explains, there is a great difference between parents

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