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When Playing Hooky Leads to Police Investigations, Interrogations, and Fines 0
- Education
- May 24, 2018
With Memorial Day Weekend approaching, many Americans may hit the road early to avoid traffic to their favorite holiday destinations, or catch a Thursday flight to make a weekend stay at Grandma’s less rushed. For some German families, who celebrated a three-day weekend last week, taking their kids out of school to get a jumpstart
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How to Cultivate a Marriage That Will Help Your Child Succeed 34
- Culture
- May 24, 2018
According to psychologists Philip and Carolyn Cowan, there are a few well-researched, but often overlooked aspects to ensuring solid development in a child’s life. The Cowans, both professors emeriti from UC Berkeley, explain that the first crucial component is the positive involvement of a father in the life of the child. The second, however, is
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John Cleese Has a Theory on Why Political Correctness Is Rampant in Our Culture 0
- Culture
- May 24, 2018
John Cleese, the English actor and comedian known for the Monty Python films, thinks political correctness is getting a little out of hand. He’s hardly the first comedian to say so, of course. Funny men such as Jerry Seinfeld, Mel Brooks, and others have complained that political correctness is killing comedy. Cleese, like Seinfeld, says
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‘Animals’ Is an Accurate Description of MS-13 Gang Members, according to Google’s Definition 0
- Culture
- May 24, 2018
In elementary school, students are taught various types of figurative language—idioms, metaphors, and hyperboles. Most students quickly learn that words must be taken in context to properly understand their intended meaning. We also learn that many words and phrases have more than one meaning. “Stand up and be counted.” Is a person in a
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How Nat Turner’s Failed Revolt Changed the Debate on Slavery 0
- Education
- May 23, 2018
On August 22, 1831, a group of slaves began a revolt in the county of Southampton, Virginia, that would go down in history as the largest uprising against the Peculiar Institution in nineteenth-century America. The rebellion was led by Nat Turner, a slave from Southampton, one of the few southern counties where black Americans were
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Yale Student Explains Why It’s Necessary to Encourage Two-Parent Families 1
- Culture
- May 23, 2018
It’s graduation season and everyone is talking about success and how best to achieve it. This, of course, includes encouraging those who are victims of tragic circumstances to overcome their difficult pasts. One student who has done just that is Rob Henderson, a 2018 graduate of Yale University. Henderson’s story, which he explains in the
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When Playing Hooky Leads to Police Investigations, Interrogations, and Fines 0