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  • The Sad Death of ‘All Politics is Local’

    The Sad Death of ‘All Politics is Local’0

    Even before Justice Anthony Kennedy’s blockbuster announcement that he would be retiring from the Supreme Court, it looked like the 2018 midterms would probably serve a nationalized referendum on Donald Trump. Against the backdrop of the migrant child-detention facilities controversy earlier this summer, and the contentious process to replace Kennedy with Brett Kavanaugh, the “Second

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  • The F-Bomb and the Age of Public Crudity

    The F-Bomb and the Age of Public Crudity4

    Let’s start with a question: Is anyone other than your correspondent sick of the public use of the “F-word”? Hollywood actors, celebrities, politicians, commentators, bloggers and those who comment on blogs sling the word around like sailors on shore leave. (That simile is probably unfair to sailors.) When I am scouting out the news online every

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  • Not Too Big to Fail: Why Facebook’s Long Reign May Be Coming to an End

    Not Too Big to Fail: Why Facebook’s Long Reign May Be Coming to an End0

    Over the last several years, Facebook has gone from facilitating the free flow of information to inhibiting it through incremental censorship and account purges. What began with the ban of Alex Jones last summer has since escalated to include the expulsion of hundreds of additional pages, each political in nature. And as more people become

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  • Five Ways Couples Manage to Kill Love – and How to Avoid Them

    Five Ways Couples Manage to Kill Love – and How to Avoid Them0

    Dr. John Buri, author of “How to Love Your Wife,” has an announcement: Love does not commit suicide. Yet we all know that love can die. So how does it get from a thriving, pulsating feeling and action to something as dead as a doornail? Plain and simple: We kill it. Some may say such

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  • 7 Ways to Teach Civil Discourse to Students

    7 Ways to Teach Civil Discourse to Students0

    If young people are to engage in democracy and society, young people need to learn how to respectfully disagree. Yet, educators often find it challenging to lead discussions on contentious issues. Based on my experience as a middle school social studies educator, I’ve discovered that there are ways teachers and others who work with young

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  • When Laws Are Not Enforced, Anarchy Follows

    When Laws Are Not Enforced, Anarchy Follows0

    What makes citizens obey the law is not always their sterling character. Instead, fear of punishment—the shame of arrest, fines or imprisonment—more often makes us comply with laws. Law enforcement is not just a way to deal with individual violators but also a way to remind society at large that there can be no civilization

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