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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Is your child getting a good education? If asked that question, many would likely reply – somewhat indignantly even – “He goes to a good school. He gets good grades. Of course he’s well educated!” But well-educated is not the same as well-schooled. And sadly, most of what we call education today is actually schooling,
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The internet exploded this weekend over the “scandal” that Elon Musk, the world’s richest man with a net worth of approximately $400 billion, has had yet another child, his 13th, with yet another woman, the fourth to bear his children. His social media platform X titled the trending controversy, “Conservatives Clash Over Celebration of Out-of-Wedlock
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Let’s begin, as so many good things begin, with the dream. For years, conservative political activist, wife, and mother Connie Marshner of Front Royal, Va., dreamed of opening a private library, one aimed particularly at children. “I had collected books forever, especially children’s books, because I believe so strongly in beauty and beautiful books,” Marshner
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Is there an epidemic of loneliness in the United States? Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy thought so. In 2023, he declared a national epidemic of loneliness and isolation, stating in June 2024, “The overall mortality impact of loneliness and isolation are on par with smoking daily, and they’re even greater than the mortality impact we
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If you’re like me, the older you get, the more you see friends divorce … friends that seemed like the perfect couple … friends that you didn’t think were ever in danger of splitting. Sadly, the reason given for these divorces all too often runs along the lines of a lack of happiness – a
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