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  • Let’s Go Backwards in Education

    Let’s Go Backwards in Education0

    Maybe part of the “New Normal” should be the “Old Normal.” In the last two weeks, lost among the coronavirus ruckus, some organizations have issued reports revealing the poor scores of our elementary and middle school students on standardized tests. From the Pioneer Institute comes a study showing the failures of Common Core in basic subjects like

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  • Let’s Give Our Kids a Healthy Dose of Summertime

    Let’s Give Our Kids a Healthy Dose of Summertime1

    During the first half of June, I spent a good bit of time hip-deep in grandchildren. Two 14-year-olds who attended this gathering are now nearly as tall as Grandpa, but I’m reflecting here on the age 10 and under gang. Watching them flitting around the yard in the evenings, even after a day of soccer

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  • Let’s Defund Our Universities

    Let’s Defund Our Universities22

    We hear much these days about defunding the police force, about cutting budgets or taking chunks of the public money allotted to our men and women in blue and giving it to social workers and inner-city projects. Here’s a better idea. Let’s defund our colleges and universities. Let’s cut their funding to the bone. I

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  • Let’s Bring Back the Chief and Stop Littering

    Let’s Bring Back the Chief and Stop Littering0

    On a recent trip from Virginia to Indiana, the friend who was driving me commented on the trash alongside the expressways. With the exception of Route 30’s lightly traveled parts, he was right. Plastic bags, fast-food wrappers, beer bottles, and other debris uglified the roadways.            The motel where we stayed

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  • Let’s be honest about the Cologne assaults

    Let’s be honest about the Cologne assaults0

    Awful things took place in Cologne and other German cities over New Years. In Cologne alone, 1,000 men assaulted women to varying degrees, including rape. As the BBC reports: “City police chief Wolfgang Albers called it ‘a completely new dimension of crime’. The men were of Arab or North African appearance, he said.” Ah, yes,

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  • Let’s Apply Elon’s Bullet Point List to Homemakers So We Can Finally Appreciate Their True Worth

    Let’s Apply Elon’s Bullet Point List to Homemakers So We Can Finally Appreciate Their True Worth8

    A friend of mine recently quit her corporate job to stay home with her two young children. Although the decision was one she’d long wanted to make, it wasn’t necessarily easy, for it meant saying goodbye to co-workers and a company she enjoyed, as well as a reduction in the family budget. It also meant

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