When I was still in high school, a local private grade school invited me to become one of their piano teachers. Needless to say, I was nervous, but quite excited about the opportunity. I soon found out that while some of my students loved piano and entered wholeheartedly into practicing, others absolutely did not. In
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By now, most Americans know that the United States has seen a sharp increase in opioid-overdose deaths over the past decade. The opioid problem is indeed global. In Afghanistan, for example, a major if not the major source of funding for the Taliban is the sale of poppies, the opium derived from them, and the chemical paste containing it, which are the materials for making heroin. But
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear. The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but
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If one were asked to name the greatest work of literature of all time, there would be only a handful of serious contenders. Both of Homer’s classics would make the short list. Perhaps Virgil’s epic would also qualify. Possibly one or two of Shakespeare’s tragedies. And there is little doubt that Dante’s magnum opus, The
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Esteemed journalist Katie Couric was caught inserting an eight-second “beat” into a documentary film on gun violence in America. In the documentary film, titled Under the Gun, members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) were asked about the ability of convicted felons and people whose names appear on terrorist watch lists to purchase guns.
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