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  • One Reason Teachers Should Be Paid More

    One Reason Teachers Should Be Paid More0

    Should teachers be paid more? “Absolutely!” many teachers would say. The exact opposite response often comes from the general public. Many take one look at The Nation’s Report Card, see that only one third of 12th graders are proficient in reading and one quarter proficient in math, and immediately conclude that such results are a poor

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  • Why It’s Important to Have Heroes

    Why It’s Important to Have Heroes0

    Heroes. Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary defines a hero as “a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities.” That “man” doesn’t fit the zeitgeist these days, so I looked up “heroine,” who is “a woman admired and emulated for her achievements and qualities.” Because I prefer the latter definition for my purposes here, I

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  • Doctors of Transgender Kids Aren’t Ignoring the Evidence

    Doctors of Transgender Kids Aren’t Ignoring the Evidence0

    Interest in transgender medicine is growing rapidly – “at an incredible rate,” according to Karen Parker, director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office. Gender clinics are springing up in many countries to offer counselling and therapy for transgender youth as well as adults. Numbers are hard to come by

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  • Why McDonald’s Gave Up the Minimum Wage Fight

    Why McDonald’s Gave Up the Minimum Wage Fight0

    McDonald’s recently announced it will no longer participate in lobbying designed to thwart minimum wage hikes at the local, state, or federal level. Unions naturally cheered the move. SEIU President Mary Kay Henry said in a written statement,  By sticking together and taking action on the job, courageous workers in the Fight for $15 and

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  • What President Trump Has in Common With President Polk

    What President Trump Has in Common With President Polk0

    The game of presidential parallels can be endlessly fascinating. Sometimes it can also be instructive and thought-provoking, even when considering the unparalleled presidency of one Donald J. Trump. That would be the same President Donald Trump who sees himself as the second coming of President Andrew Jackson. Of course, that would be Andy Jackson minus

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  • Rumor and Bias, Inaccuracy and Ignorance: The Low State of Journalism

    Rumor and Bias, Inaccuracy and Ignorance: The Low State of Journalism0

    William Tecumseh Sherman, a Civil War general not known for his delicacy of speech, once said, “If I had my choice, I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.” Like many people today, Sherman detested reporters and journalists. On another occasion, he

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