While speaking at a climate change summit in Denmark in 2009, former Vice President Al Gore made an alarming statement. Citing research from Dr. Wieslaw Maslowski, a professor of oceanography at the Naval Postgraduate School in California, Mr. Gore said it was likely that the north polar ice caps would soon be completely melted. “These
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The radio news hour plays in my car: a calm, dispassionate voice, more background noise than anything. It suddenly registers that a segment on Senate Bill 8 regarding Texas abortion law—now known as the Texas Heartbeat Act—has started. My young children are in the back seat, so I turn the radio off before they become
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Woke corporate CEOs seem to think they know better than voters what’s best for the country. These titans are throwing their companies’ clout and cash behind activists pushing gender-fluidity lessons for kindergarteners and other extreme political causes. Expect this corporate activism to backfire. Corporations should be serving their customers, not trying to override the democratic
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A teacher-friend of mine recently expressed sadness over the stagnation of her students. Before the pandemic she could see students steadily gaining ground. Now she was seeing zero progress on their tests—and maybe even some declines. Tests aren’t everything, she admitted, yet after struggling through online teaching and masks and other troubles, she was disheartened
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Recently I stumbled across Alberto Manguel’s A Reader on Reading in my public library and brought the book home. As I skimmed the pages, I became aware that Manguel had used quotations from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass to introduce each of his chapters. Over the last
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From time to time I speak to young professionals trying to make their mark on the world in politics, academia, or journalism. The question I encounter the most is this: “What’s the best career advice you give to young people trying to make it.” My answer often touches on the importance of perseverance, because it’s
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