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  • School Wars: A Battle Plan for Parents

    School Wars: A Battle Plan for Parents0

    Yellow buses are rolling again across the countryside, which means the culture wars in our schools are cranking up as well. Key to understanding these conflicts is this question: Who is primarily responsible for a child’s education and welfare, the state or the parents? California continues to lead the nation in attacking parental rights while

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  • Of Course, I Think About the Roman Empire Daily. You Don’t?

    Of Course, I Think About the Roman Empire Daily. You Don’t?0

    Last week, my wife asked me, “How often do you think about the Roman Empire?” Her question didn’t come out of nowhere. TikTok might be a minefield of Chinese cyberthreats, but it has birthed a trend in which women ask men how often they contemplate the glory that was Rome. The trend took off because wives were

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  • Choosing the Best Education at Risk of Arrest

    Choosing the Best Education at Risk of Arrest0

    If you’re like most parents, you want the best for your children, especially when it comes to education. But to what lengths would you go to achieve that best? Would you be willing to risk arrest by the government in order to choose the best education for your child? That’s the situation the Romeike family

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  • The Importance of Making Mistakes

    The Importance of Making Mistakes1

    A couple of years ago, I received a post-semester email from a student’s father. He was upset about his child’s final grade in my class, which had landed somewhere between a high B and a low A. The grade was clearly not very low, but the student’s father wanted me to reconsider. Apparently, a specific

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  • Carl Sagan’s Final Warning on the Importance of Scientific Skepticism

    Carl Sagan’s Final Warning on the Importance of Scientific Skepticism8

    Shortly before he died, the astronomer Carl Sagan (1934-1996) offered a two-part warning in an interview with Charlie Rose. The first part of Sagan’s warning touched on humanity’s growing ignorance of science, which Sagan attributed largely to the failure of modern schools. Sagan saw this as a clear danger to humanity, especially in a society built

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  • Keep Your Personal Life Personal

    Keep Your Personal Life Personal5

    We all know that too much social media is deeply unhealthy. Yet its addictive entertainment keeps so many of us ensnared in daily use—so much so that it has brought about the death of personal life. In our modern culture, it is common and even encouraged to put personal experiences, updates, opinions, and even emotional

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