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  • Why Children Should Learn to Use Power Tools

    Why Children Should Learn to Use Power Tools0

    When I was about 10 years old, a friend and I attended a summer program for kids. One of the activities involved making a small wooden footstool. We were both quite thrilled with the project, but my friend grew less thrilled when she discovered that one of the adults saw it as his duty to

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  • Head Lice Epidemics Are Breaking Out in Schools Across the U.S.

    Head Lice Epidemics Are Breaking Out in Schools Across the U.S.0

    Head lice in children are rampant in schools throughout the country. The CDC reports that an estimated six to 12 million young people get head lice each year, and there are indications that these itchy bugs are growing widely resistant to the insecticides commonly used to treat them. A head lice outbreak earlier this month

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  • Will Christianity be Driven Back into the Catacombs?

    Will Christianity be Driven Back into the Catacombs?0

    Despite popular opinion, it must be acknowledged that America and the West were once culturally Christian. That doesn’t mean that the government was absolutely Christian, but rather that cultural values were most often shaped by Christian ethics and metaphysics, and that they even shaped the laws of the land.  Our national holidays have always been around

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  • Who Gets the Biggest Tax Cut in the Republican Tax Plan?

    Who Gets the Biggest Tax Cut in the Republican Tax Plan?0

    Critics are saying that the Republican tax plan would give high earners the largest cuts. There has been a flood of news stories with that theme since the Tax Policy Center (TPC) released its analysis of the plan. The TPC summary says, “Those with the very highest incomes would receive the biggest tax cuts,” and

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  • The Death of Common Sense

    The Death of Common Sense0

    Three yards of black fabric enshroud my computer terminal. I am mourning the passing of an old friend by the name of Common Sense. His obituary reads as follows: Common Sense, aka C.S., lived a long life, but died from heart failure at the brink of the millennium. No one really knows how old he

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  • Should Cambridge University ‘Decolonise’ Its English Curriculum?

    Should Cambridge University ‘Decolonise’ Its English Curriculum?0

    In an attempt to foster diversity and inclusion, many college campuses, secondary institutions, and even elementary schools have gradually changed up their English curriculum. This change has caused a number of the classic works students have studied for centuries to disappear, replaced by modern tales representing a variety of backgrounds and cultures. The latest school

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