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  • Another Blue State Poised to Mandate LGBTQ Education for Elementary School Students

    Another Blue State Poised to Mandate LGBTQ Education for Elementary School Students0

    In 2011, California’s state legislature passed the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act. The law, the first of its kind in the U.S., required, among other things, that schools educate children on the contributions of LGBTQ individuals. By 2016, California’s state education board had approved 10 LGBTQ-inclusive history texts for children in kindergarten

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  • Truth: Often Unwelcome, Never ‘Dead’

    Truth: Often Unwelcome, Never ‘Dead’0

    In March 2017, frustrated by the new president’s casual approach to truth, Time Magazine published an issue cover with the title “Is Truth Dead?” Its graphics were identical to those of an iconic 1966 cover with the title “Is God Dead?” Such hype isn’t unique. Just last January, The Atlantic published a thoughtful article whose subtitle expressed a closely related

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  • Same Policies That Failed to Stop Florida Shooter Exist in School Districts Nationwide

    Same Policies That Failed to Stop Florida Shooter Exist in School Districts Nationwide0

    Critics of President Donald Trump said his response to the Florida school shooting earlier this year was ill-conceived and a failure. Yet a new startling revelation from school district officials in Broward County, Florida, shows the White House’s response was indeed appropriate—more than even the Trump administration knew. On Feb. 14, Nikolas Cruz, a student

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  • Gas Prices Are Creeping Up Again. Why?

    Gas Prices Are Creeping Up Again. Why?0

    If you wonder why prices at the gas pump have been climbing recently and are expected to continue to climb, look no further than the sharp drop in crude oil production in Venezuela, the Saudi Arabia of the Americas. Counting its huge tar-sands deposits, Venezuela has more crude oil than any other country in the

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  • Ancient Heresies Back from the Dead

    Ancient Heresies Back from the Dead0

    The decline of the prestige of Christianity raises the question of what will replace it. No culture can live without a philosophy which gives structure and meaning to social institutions and to individual lives. The alternative is nihilism, whose wintry bleakness makes it an unwelcome guest at the dinner table. So what, then? One answer

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  • 7 Basic Things All Parents Should Teach Their Children

    7 Basic Things All Parents Should Teach Their Children0

    The internet has brought us many things, not the least of which is an escalation in parenting theories and “Mommy Wars.” But while it’s worthwhile to explore the pros and cons of attachment parenting, Tiger Moms, or free-range concepts, do we get too caught up in these theories? And in so doing, do we forget

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  • Why are Teachers ‘Raising the Children’?

    Why are Teachers ‘Raising the Children’?0

    The average American is inundated with hundreds of voices every day. Politicians. Talking heads. Entertainment stars. Teachers. Students. The list could go on. But while there are multiple voices, many of the big ones seem to give a similar message concerning politics, culture, and education. Especially education. Just what is this education message? It often

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  • What if Mueller Questioned Barack Obama?

    What if Mueller Questioned Barack Obama?0

    Imagine if a right-wing version of Robert Mueller, backed by a properly pro-Trump legal team, had sent former President Barack Obama the same sort of questions that Mueller allegedly delivered this week to President Trump. The special counsel might dress them up in legalese, innuendo, and with perjury-trap IEDs, thereby casting suspicion with the mere

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  • Marcus Aurelius on How to Turn Around a Rotten Day

    Marcus Aurelius on How to Turn Around a Rotten Day0

    When you wake up in the morning, notice how quickly your mind checks into its physical and psychological ailments. Back pain? Still there. Afternoon meeting to worry about? Still there. Troublesome financial situation? Still there. Did you expect it to be different? If you look for them, there will always be difficulties to drag through

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