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  • 3 Reasons Why We Should Get Rid of Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings

    3 Reasons Why We Should Get Rid of Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings0

    I think it’s time to seriously consider getting rid of these hearings for Supreme Court nominees. The Constitution doesn’t require a hearing. All it says is that the Senate must give advice and consent. You can do that with a simple up-or-down vote. And let’s be real: Do we really think one senator’s vote is

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  • 3 Reasons Why the Pets-Babies Comparison Just Doesn’t Work

    3 Reasons Why the Pets-Babies Comparison Just Doesn’t Work0

    “Happy Father’s Day to all dads of human and fur babies!”  This was the first thing that appeared in my Facebook newsfeed last Sunday. Like many people, I have the bad habit of checking my social media accounts as soon as I wake up. When I saw this, I rolled over and buried my face

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  • 3 Reasons Why Laura Ingalls Wilder Was a Good Writer

    3 Reasons Why Laura Ingalls Wilder Was a Good Writer0

    Recently, an interesting but telling scene from These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder has been running through my mind. As the book explains, teenage Laura had just completed her first teaching stint in another school and was happily settling back into life as a student in her home school. On her first day

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  • 3 Reasons Why Kids Should Read Classic Stories

    3 Reasons Why Kids Should Read Classic Stories1

    The BBC just released the results of a poll which asked to name one book every child should read. Among others, the list included Harry Potter, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Lord of the Rings, and The Bible. But while some of the books on the list were a bit surprising, the response to the

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  • 3 Reasons Why Antonin Scalia Was a Great Writer

    3 Reasons Why Antonin Scalia Was a Great Writer0

    Following the news of Antonin Scalia’s unexpected death on Saturday, Slate Magazine ran an article by Yury Kapgan about the Supreme Court Justice’s superb writing abilities. According to Kapgan, Scalia’s writing was made great by “the novelty of his language, his use of metaphor, and his wicked sense of humor.” Kapgan is undoubtedly correct about

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  • 3 Reasons We Don’t We Feel More Gratitude for Our Bounty

    3 Reasons We Don’t We Feel More Gratitude for Our Bounty0

    It is easy to overlook how much we are supported by the world; how little we give and how much we get. My local organic farmer gambled this year with late plantings, and the weather cooperated. In mid-November he picked for us bushels of kale, mustard greens, and bok choy. He took the risk; he

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