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5 Reasons House-Building Should Be a Part of High School Curriculum 0
- Education
- January 4, 2018
By now, we’ve grown accustomed to calls for more career and technical education in high school. The reason for these calls is twofold. First, not everyone will go to college, so giving students an introduction to other career alternatives gives them life purpose and direction. Second, practical life skills like woodworking and welding are fast
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Trump vs. Bannon: Have you ever met a billionaire?0
- Entertainment
- January 4, 2018
Like anyone with even a modest interest in politics, I’ve been reading the back-and-forth commentary both about and between Breitbart’s Steve Bannon and President Donald J. Trump. I found Trump’s response to Bannon’s alleged remarks to be absolutely savage, I even e-mailed the team here saying as much. ‘When he was fired, he not only
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Why High School Kids Should Start Teaching Younger Students 0
- Culture
- January 3, 2018
When I was 17, I was suddenly given the opportunity to give music lessons to children at a K-8 school. Still in high school myself, the experience was a bit intimidating. But I persisted and was soon teaching like a pro. The main benefit of this entrepreneurial endeavor was the cash it provided me. But
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Dueling: Time to bring it back?0
- Culture
- January 3, 2018
Let’s be honest, we live in an honor-less age; lies and gossip aren’t just the tools of politicians and celebrities. In your own life, you can probably point to any number of people around you — even church people! — whose main trade seems to be trashing others so that they can get ahead or just
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Big Brother in the Classroom 0
- Culture
- January 3, 2018
Education is not a question of “rights” to be imposed by the state, but of the “freedom” of parents to choose the sort of education that they believe is best for their children… The late Joseph Sobran (1946-2010) was a journalist who thrived on controversy. He was the sort of writer who did not try
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California Is Officially a Sanctuary State 0
- Politics
- January 3, 2018
A sweeping immigration law took effect Monday in California, officially making it the country’s largest sanctuary state. The controversial law, SB 54, passed the state Legislature in September and was signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown the following month. It prevents police in California, which has by far the nation’s largest illegal immigrant
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