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COVID Travel Restrictions Deny Life-Saving Surgery, Killing Four Newborn Babies 0
- Family
- October 23, 2020
Four babies died in Adelaide, Australia over the last four weeks after being denied transport to Melbourne because of government COVID-19 restrictions, health officials say. Adelaide, the capital city of the state of South Australia, doesn’t offer paediatric cardiac surgery. According to local news reports, this means about 100 babies are sent interstate for treatment
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Biden: How Do You Lie Like That?0
- Politics
- October 23, 2020
Lying politicians with morphing political positions are nothing new. Yet usually there is an art to political lying; when done properly it leaves most Americans irritated, but not insulted and outraged. Unfortunately for former Vice President Joe Biden, the lie witnessed at the second and final presidential debate was not that kind. Late in the
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Trump, 60 Minutes, and the Media Gatekeepers 0
- Politics
- October 23, 2020
The Trump campaign made another enemy the other day when it released its unedited version of the president’s interview with Lesley Stahl for “60 Minutes.” The famous television show vowed to release the interview despite having lost their scoop. Even before the advance release, however, the interview did not go well. As can be seen
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The Electoral College Didn’t Protect Slavery 0
- History
- October 23, 2020
The presidential election in 2016 reminded Americans of the role played by the Electoral College in electing our president. Proponents of abolishing or nullifying the Electoral College and replacing it with a direct-election scheme are trying to delegitimize the traditional process by claiming it is a remnant of America’s racist past, created as part of
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Suicides Nearly Double Among Young People in Wisconsin’s Second Largest County 0
- Family
- October 22, 2020
This summer, a relative reached out to me regarding the sad story of Kodie Dutcher, a 10-year-old from Baraboo, Wisconsin who was reported missing in July. Law enforcement officials put out an Amber Alert, and a volunteer search party was organized. Kodie’s body was found the following morning – July 7, a Tuesday – near
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Closed Schools Ignore Low COVID-19 Rates, Needs of Families 0
- Education
- October 22, 2020
At what would normally be the end of the first academic quarter for most K-12 schools, millions of students still have not set foot in a classroom. Many haven’t done so since March. Evidence continues to mount that COVID-19 affects children the least, and ad hoc school district e-learning platforms, hastily assembled in the spring,
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COVID Travel Restrictions Deny Life-Saving Surgery, Killing Four Newborn Babies 0