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  • It’s Time to Stop Hating on ‘Mary, Did You Know?’

    It’s Time to Stop Hating on ‘Mary, Did You Know?’2

    There are plenty of candidates for the worst Christmas song. “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” comes off as the humanitarian equivalent of an “Arms of the Angels” ASPCA ad; “Here Comes Santa Claus” seems to be proselytizing for some kind of strange, syncretistic Christmas religion; and “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” is enough to

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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 Rebuild America’s Shared National Identity

    It’s Time to Rebuild America’s Shared National Identity0

    The other day, an amusing image showed up on social media featuring CBS television personality Gayle King sitting on an airplane next to Fox News television personality Jesse Watters. King posted the selfie on her Instagram page, reveling in the ironic, chance encounter with a rival journalist. Despite being on opposite sides of the political aisle, the

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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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