As a young woman in today’s world, I’ve seen how modern conveniences have chipped away at the skills so many used to pride themselves on. I greatly admire the men and women, particularly those among the younger generations, who have taken the time to learn the skills of their forefathers. Certainly, the pioneers didn’t have
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The K-12 district schools I went to while growing up in a Boston suburb look nearly the same today as they did when I attended them in the 1980s and 90s, when they also looked quite similar to how they did when my father attended those same schools in the 1950s and 60s. Sure, there
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Every time there is a mass murder event, the vultures launch. It’s fascinating in a sickening way. A bunch of people get killed, and within minutes the same crew of anti-gun zealots shows up all over the news and social media, pushing the same tired proposals that we’ve either tried before or logic tells us
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It’s not much of a secret that I’m a fan of old movies. Friends have teased me that I know the names of actors and actresses from the 1930s and 1940s better than those on the big screen today—and they’re right, I do! There’s a wholesomeness about the old movies that I love, and although
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When I was a very little girl, I loved a book titled Apron Strings and Rowdy. The simple storyline had twin bear cubs emerging in the early spring from their dark cave and into the splendor of sunlight. There was something about the hopefulness, the playfulness, the newness, the adventure that captured my little girl
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Can you kill truth? Probably not, but a lot of people are doing their best to dig its grave. A man I know teaches in a prestigious private school in Northern Virginia that prides itself on its progressive agenda. Students and faculty attend workshops on such subjects as critical race theory, and teachers must be
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