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  • Kindergartners get little time to play. Why does it matter?

    Kindergartners get little time to play. Why does it matter?0

    Being a kindergartner today is very different from being a kindergartner 20 years ago. In fact it is more like first grade. Researchers have demonstrated that five-year-olds are spending more time engaged in teacher-led academic learning activities than play-based learning opportunities that facilitate child-initiated investigations and foster social development among peers. As a former kindergarten teacher, a father

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  • Kim Wexler’s Feminist Nightmare in ‘Better Call Saul’

    Kim Wexler’s Feminist Nightmare in ‘Better Call Saul’0

    Better Call Saul recently completed its fifth season. The show started as a spinoff based on a minor character from megahit Breaking Bad. However, Better Call Saul quickly became beloved and critically acclaimed in its own right. Much of the credit for that belongs to actress Rhea Seehorn’s stellar portrayal of Kim Wexler. She became the show’s breakout star. Kim Wexler –

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  • Killing the Electoral College Would Alienate Half the Country

    Killing the Electoral College Would Alienate Half the Country0

    Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, seeking to represent New York’s 14th Congressional District, has called for the abolition of the Electoral College. Her argument came on the heels of the Senate’s confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. She was lamenting the fact that Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, nominated by President George

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  • Killing Soleimani Was Just – Now Let’s Get Out

    Killing Soleimani Was Just – Now Let’s Get Out0

    The heightened risk of the outbreak of another war in the Middle East should serve as a reminder that the U.S. military has no business being in that conflict-prone region. President Trump should honor his campaign promise to avoid unnecessary foreign wars by withdrawing the remaining U.S. troops from Iraq as soon as possible. At

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  • Killing Philosophy While Hungering for Meaning

    Killing Philosophy While Hungering for Meaning0

    Liberty University recently announced that it is ending its B.A. in Philosophy program. The university’s press release cited declining enrollment – employing five full-time professors to serve only 20 philosophy majors simply isn’t sustainable – as its reason for the cut, while promising that its students would still receive a rigorous philosophical education through Liberty’s core curriculum.

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  • Kierkegaard: The Freedom He Discovered in Uncertainty

    Kierkegaard: The Freedom He Discovered in Uncertainty5

    There is a story about the post–World War II Nazi trials. A Holocaust survivor had broken down when one of his former tormentors entered the courtroom. Later, a reporter, assuming the survivor to be shaken by the Nazi’s presence, asked for a comment. The Holocaust survivor answered that he was not crying because of the

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