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  • It’s Time to Root Students in Fertile Soil

    It’s Time to Root Students in Fertile Soil0

    I’ve been doing a lot of gardening and landscaping lately, building new flower beds and filling them with salvaged soil, edging them with rocks and planting them. I’ve moved plants to give them more suitable growing conditions—more or less light, or wind, or exposure to street traffic, depending on their sensitivities—plants sort of tell you

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  • It’s Time to Reclaim America’s Cultural Literacy

    It’s Time to Reclaim America’s Cultural Literacy11

    President Donald Trump signed an executive order recently calling for the dismantling of the Department of Education (ED), a process that will still require an act of Congress, leaving his critics aghast and hyperbolically claiming that he is trying to end education itself in America. In fact, he is trying to rescue it. “The experiment

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  • It’s Time to Raze the Colosseum

    It’s Time to Raze the Colosseum0

    A number of statues have recently been destroyed or vandalized to protest racism and slavery. I thought that it might be good to think big and work towards eliminating the biggest monument of all, the Colosseum. I’ve created a petition at change.org. If you agree, please sign it. Below is the text. Memorializing genocidal monsters,

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  • It’s Time to Privatize the United States Postal Service

    It’s Time to Privatize the United States Postal Service0

    Last week, the Trump administration unveiled a proposal to privatize the United States Postal Service (USPS). The plan comes as part of a broader initiative to trim and reorganize the federal government. And given its track record of waste and inefficiency, the USPS is a great place to start cutting the fat. “USPS’s current model is unsustainable.

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  • It’s Time to Ditch the Party Labels and Truly Think

    It’s Time to Ditch the Party Labels and Truly Think1

    I was talking with a friend the other day when the conversation took a sudden political turn. Knowing the two of us come from opposite sides of the spectrum, I braced myself, wanting to be kind, but also wanting to defend my views. During the debate, I got the sense that I was surprising my

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  • It’s Time to Chat With the Silent Generation

    It’s Time to Chat With the Silent Generation0

    For the Millennial generation, looking to the future can feel like staring into a black abyss. The feeling is understandable. The economy hasn’t been very kind to the young, flooded as it is with devalued bachelor’s degrees and loads of debt. Yet despite this grim reality, the thought of years to come need not ruin

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