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  • Advice from My Father

    Advice from My Father0

    • September 17, 2015

    I barely knew my father. As is typical of my generation, my parents separated and then divorced when I was only four or five. After picking up the pieces of his shattered existence, my father reentered my life with some regularity when I was about 8 or 9. And by that, I mean I got

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  • These Americans Can’t Answer Simple Citizenship Questions: Are Schools to Blame?

    These Americans Can’t Answer Simple Citizenship Questions: Are Schools to Blame?0

    • September 17, 2015

    September 17th marks the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. To recognize “Constitution Day,” the day “when all schools receiving federal funds are expected to provide lessons or other programming on our most important founding document,” the folks at the Fordham Institute prepared a special project. They examined the mission statements of the

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  • Homeschooling Mom: We Pulled Out of the Public Schools Because of the System, Not the People

    Homeschooling Mom: We Pulled Out of the Public Schools Because of the System, Not the People0

    • September 16, 2015

    In the last 20 years homeschooling has gone mainstream, and homeschooled students are often highly praised for their accomplishments. But some skeptics remain, many of whom are teachers themselves. But as it turns out, teachers and homeschoolers may share some of the same critiques about today’s public education system. According to homeschool mom Melissa Roy,

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  • Some Stories are Worth Remembering

    Some Stories are Worth Remembering0

    • September 16, 2015

    A few years back, I met an intern who was working with a conservative group. I suspect a lot of folks would read that and consider this sort of person to be a Bible-thumping troglodyte. Au contraire. During a conversation about pop culture, we turned to the TV show Desperate Housewives. Here, I was thoroughly

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  • Are We Over-Medicating Children?

    Are We Over-Medicating Children?0

    • September 16, 2015

    A year or so ago, my sister was tasked to look after two children in a classroom/tutorial type of setting. After ignoring repeated instructions to sit down and perform the task at hand, the child on my sister’s right grinned mischievously and said, “I can’t. I didn’t have my medication today.” The child on her

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  • A Primer on Courage

    A Primer on Courage0

    • September 16, 2015

    Courage, also known as “fortitude” or “bravery,” is one of the four cardinal virtues along with prudence, justice, and temperance. Along with temperance, courage helps one to conquer the obstacles to doing the good with prudence and justice. According to Aristotle, one possesses the virtue of courage if he/she “faces and … fears the right things …

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