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  • Let’s Start Walking Like Americans Again

    Let’s Start Walking Like Americans Again2

    Forty years ago, I read an account of some Americans helping several Germans escape East Berlin by passing them off as U.S. citizens. They provided passports and other papers to the Germans, and outfitted them with Western-style clothing. As the date for their escape loomed, one of the Germans said to their handlers, “Now, you

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  • Let’s Not Repeat the Mistakes of the Great Depression

    Let’s Not Repeat the Mistakes of the Great Depression0

    During the Great Recession, President Obama’s chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel infamously advised, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” And, sure enough, the COVID-19 threat has given politicians another crisis to promote long-sought policy goals. Some are calling for a modern version of the New Deal, but is this a good idea? Setting

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  • Let’s Make Every Day a National Day of Prayer

    Let’s Make Every Day a National Day of Prayer23

    From its beginnings, America was a praying nation. On June 7, 1775, for instance, the Continental Congress issued a proclamation put together by John Adams, William Hooper, and Robert Paine that set aside a day of “humiliation, fasting, and prayer” in hopes “that a speedy end may be put to the civil discord between Great Britain and

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  • Let’s Hear it for Risky Playgrounds

    Let’s Hear it for Risky Playgrounds0

    Germany is adding MORE RISK to its playgrounds. Some of its climbing structures are now three stories high. And who is requesting this? Insurance companies! They want kids to grow up “risk competent.” Ironically, “safety” culture is stunting kids’ risk assessing abilities. “This is fantastic progress in understanding childhood as the right time for children

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  • Let Your Kids Waste Some Time

    Let Your Kids Waste Some Time0

    Meet Rod Brooks, a guy whose life story embodies the big idea: What we do as kids, just for fun, is developmental GOLD. It can help us discover our deepest interests, hone our hidden talents and take us to truly strange and wonderful places. So, Rod. Rod grew up in Adelaide, Australia, in the ’50s

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  • Let Your Child Take the L

    Let Your Child Take the L1

    Respected Tennessee teacher Samira Hardcastle resigned after being pressured not to flunk a student who didn’t complete a homework assignment. The student’s parents complained to school administration after she refused to change the student’s grade, and school staff ordered the grade changed. When Hardcastle refused to comply, school administration changed the grade themselves. For schools like

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