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  • When Conventional Medicine Fails—Then What?

    When Conventional Medicine Fails—Then What?7

    We live in an unprecedented time in history. Never before has healthcare separated botanical medicine (using herbs to treat disease and illness) so strikingly from the conventional medicine of the day. But why has botanical medicine become something people turn to only when conventional medicine has failed them? From what I can tell, botanical medicine

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  • Chronic Absenteeism Is a Problem, But Most Proposed Solutions Miss the Point

    Chronic Absenteeism Is a Problem, But Most Proposed Solutions Miss the Point1

    Two weeks ago, three unlikely bedfellows joined forces to announce their intention to cut K-12 chronic absenteeism in half by 2029. The right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, the left-leaning Education Trust, and the nonprofit organization Attendance Works revealed their plan in Washington, DC. The coalition hopes to combat chronic absenteeism, defined as students missing 10 percent or more

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  • The Politics of Stephen King’s Fiction

    The Politics of Stephen King’s Fiction6

    Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of Stephen King, and I came to wonder about the horror writer’s political ideas. Several right-leaning essayists have already noticed a seeming disconnect between King’s politics and the spirit of his fiction. Tim Cavanaugh labels King a “lefty,” yet notes that his stories are full of “hard-headed pragmatism and

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