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  • Summer Learning Loss May Be Overblown

    Summer Learning Loss May Be Overblown0

    When it comes to news articles about the impact that summer has on student learning, the news is often bad. For instance, The Economist proclaimed in 2018: “Long summer holidays are bad for children, especially the poor.” This headline is fairly typical of how summer loss is portrayed. Summer has come to be seen as

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  • Summer Civics Boot Camp for the Whole Family

    Summer Civics Boot Camp for the Whole Family0

    I recently encouraged readers to make summer great again by getting the kids outdoors more and giving them lots of free time, along with trips to various attractions and historical sites close to home. But after reading Wilfred McClay’s online essay “Civic Education, Rightly Understood,” it’s imperative to add one more item to this “make summer great” list: restoring

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  • Suicides Nearly Double Among Young People in Wisconsin’s Second Largest County

    Suicides Nearly Double Among Young People in Wisconsin’s Second Largest County0

    This summer, a relative reached out to me regarding the sad story of Kodie Dutcher, a 10-year-old from Baraboo, Wisconsin who was reported missing in July. Law enforcement officials put out an Amber Alert, and a volunteer search party was organized. Kodie’s body was found the following morning – July 7, a Tuesday – near

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  • Suicide: I’ve Heard its Siren Call

    Suicide: I’ve Heard its Siren Call0

    For ten years now, I have suffered from chronic pain after ripping apart my abdominal wall, causing permanent nerve damage. I generally keep it private, but in the face of the mounting despair and hopelessness in our society, I feel I ought to pull back the veil. One day I was fine, wrenching a toilet

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  • Suicide in America Is Surging. What’s Driving This Mentality of Despair?

    Suicide in America Is Surging. What’s Driving This Mentality of Despair?0

    With the sudden passing of designer Kate Spade and TV personality Anthony Bourdain—both of whom authorities believe took their own life—it’s easy to wonder if an epidemic of suicide is upon us. As it turns out, such ponderings are not far-fetched, a fact which the well-timed release of a CDC report on suicide explains. According

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  • Sugar Babies and Epstein’s Teenagers: What Must We Think?

    Sugar Babies and Epstein’s Teenagers: What Must We Think?0

    • August 1, 2019

    I’m confused.   You see, I thought the definition of a prostitute was a male or female who accepted money for sexual favors. My online dictionary offers a more chauvinistic definition: “a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.”   I’m not sure why that definition singles out women, but

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