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  • Union Boss Leading Teachers Strike Seems to Forget About the Kids

    Union Boss Leading Teachers Strike Seems to Forget About the Kids0

    Minneapolis teachers were striking for a fourth consecutive day Friday on bridges and overpasses throughout the city. Some 4,500 members of the Minneapolis Teachers Federation and Education Support Professionals are demanding more compensation, improved working conditions, and smaller class sizes. “Our fight is against the patriarchy, our fight is against capitalism, our fight is for

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  • Breaking Bread Together: Community Begins With Simple Acts

    Breaking Bread Together: Community Begins With Simple Acts0

    It was Christmas dinnertime in Pittsburgh, and the four of us singleton 50-something guys and a 30-something couple were standing in a circle, hands joined, in a former rectory’s kitchen. Humans were made to crave community connections. But despite more government spending on social programs each year, we’re increasingly isolated; some even say we’re facing

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  • Real Men Wanted

    Real Men Wanted0

    Another wonder of technology was unveiled recently when marine archaeologists used undersea drones to locate and record the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance. Video footage shows a surprisingly well-preserved ship, its name still intact and clearly visible. Digging up historical artifacts is always fascinating, particularly when those artifacts are tied to a thrilling event like

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  • Mistrusting Adults, Mistrusting Kids

    Mistrusting Adults, Mistrusting Kids0

    The signs on every playground in my city, New York, say this: “Playground rules prohibit adults except in the company of children.” Apparently, any adult who simply wants to watch kids at play could be a creep, so let’s just ban ’em all. Trust has been replaced by disgust. There was a case here a

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  • Down the Tubes: Our Bungled Healthcare System

    Down the Tubes: Our Bungled Healthcare System0

    For a good while now, a California nurse, whom I’ll call “Sally,” has sent me occasional emails and texts regarding the abysmal state of our healthcare system, particularly in hospitals such as the one where she works. In a recent text, she told me that her hospital is having to ration certain medications because of

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  • One Root of Cancel Culture Can Be Found in How We Teach History

    One Root of Cancel Culture Can Be Found in How We Teach History0

    Ours is an age in which, when one thinks of undergraduates, one thinks of cancel culture. This was on full display recently when students at the University of North Texas shut down a program that was to discuss the merits and demerits of child sex transitions, surely a debatable issue. Some may wonder how we

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