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  • The Magna Carta Offered More Property Protection Than Modern U.S. States

    The Magna Carta Offered More Property Protection Than Modern U.S. States0

    Eight dollars and 41 cents. About the cost of a Chipotle burrito. That’s how much Uri Rafaeli owed the treasury in Wayne County, Michigan, for property taxes. To get that $8.41, the county took his house and sold it for $24,500 (or about 3,000 burritos.) They kept every penny for themselves. There is a word

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  • The Magical Narrative: The Power of Stories

    The Magical Narrative: The Power of Stories0

    Necessity is the mother of invention. So is desperation. It was nine o’clock in the morning, and I had volunteered to entertain five grandchildren, ages eight and under, for two hours so that a daughter-in-law might complete some paperwork. As I trudged up the stairs, coffee mug in hand, I wondered what I could do

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  • The Madness of Competing COVID-19 Projections

    The Madness of Competing COVID-19 Projections0

    As we think about the influence of computerized epidemiological models on our lives these days, we might think back to the old joke, “If you’re a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail.” The hammer, of course, is big data, and we humans are the nails. That is, since we’ve created a digital layer

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  • The Lynch Mob Comes for Citizen Trump

    The Lynch Mob Comes for Citizen Trump0

    “The president of the United States summoned this mob, assembled this mob and lit the flame of this attack.” So alleged Liz Cheney, third-ranking Republican in the House, as she led nine GOP colleagues to vote for a second impeachment of Donald Trump. The House Republican caucus voted 19-1 against impeachment. House Democrats voted lockstep, 222-0,

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  • The Low Academic Quality of Too Many Teachers

    The Low Academic Quality of Too Many Teachers0

    My recent columns have focused on the extremely poor educational outcomes for black students. There’s enough blame for all involved to have their fair share. That includes students who are hostile and alien to the educational process and have derelict, uninterested home environments. After all, if there is not someone in the home to ensure

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  • The Lost World of Manners, Dress, and Literature

    The Lost World of Manners, Dress, and Literature0

    Recently I revisited a famous antiquarian bookshop. Marks & Co. closed decades ago, but it lives on in Helene Hanff’s memoir “84, Charing Cross Road” and its companion 1987 film starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins. My library had both the book and the DVD, so I spent an evening traveling back in time to 1950s London

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