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  • Twelve Quotes from Leo Tolstoy on Truth, Violence, and Government

    Twelve Quotes from Leo Tolstoy on Truth, Violence, and Government0

    Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy (1828- 1910), more commonly known as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer and philosopher. Tolstoy was born on a small family estate in Tula, Russia, an industrial city about 100 miles south of Moscow. The fourth of five children, Tolstoy studied law and languages at Kazan University, but he was a poor

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  • Tweets of Washington Journalists Betray ‘Groupthink,’ Study Finds

    Tweets of Washington Journalists Betray ‘Groupthink,’ Study Finds0

    Washington journalists’ tweets and interactions on Twitter show that those delivering news on government and politics to most Americans live in “more insular microbubbles than previously thought,” according to a new study. These journalists display a “vulnerability to groupthink and blind spots,” the study says. The study, by journalism professors Nikki Usher and Yee Man Margaret

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  • Turns Out That Students Like Real Books, Not Electronic Ones

    Turns Out That Students Like Real Books, Not Electronic Ones0

    Increasingly, many school referenda are based on the need to buy iPads or other tech devices for students. These devices, it is implied, will diminish achievement gaps and bring learning to new heights. However, research has shown such “needs” to be misguided, particularly as “there is little solid evidence that greater computer use among students

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  • Turning Pain Into a Blessing

    Turning Pain Into a Blessing2

    When my editor offered the opportunity to write some stories on folks whose health was adversely affected by the COVID-19 vaccine, I jumped at the chance. The assignment may sound depressing to some, but I knew it was important to write the stories of a group of people who’ve been marginalized and ignored. What I

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  • Turning Fatherless Boys Into Faithful Men

    Turning Fatherless Boys Into Faithful Men1

    Last week I watched another shooting unfold in my proverbial backyard, this time at the famous Mall of America, in Bloomington, MN. Thankfully, the incident wasn’t a mass shooting with multiple innocents getting mowed down in the corridors of the mall. Instead, it was an apparent gang-related shooting, with one gang member allegedly attempting to

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  • Turning America’s Sighing Into Singing

    Turning America’s Sighing Into Singing0

    “I hear America singing,” Walt Whitman once wrote. Today I hear America sighing. In a survey conducted in January 2021, 45 percent of Democrats, 67 percent of Republicans, and 59 percent of Independents believed that the country was heading the wrong direction. In addition, 13 percent of Democrats, and 17 percent of Republicans and Independents were unsure

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