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  • Schools Have Created a Generation of Permit Pattys and BBQ Beckys

    Schools Have Created a Generation of Permit Pattys and BBQ Beckys0

    It seems like every week there’s a new Permit Patty (a grown woman who called the police on an eight-year-old selling water without a permit), BBQ Becky (another grown woman who called the police on a man BBQing without a permit), or someone who calls the police on a lemonade stand. Beyond being an irritant and

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  • Coming to a Nation Near You, Starbucks Racial Bias Training

    Coming to a Nation Near You, Starbucks Racial Bias Training0

    Here in America, Starbucks’ shut down all of its stores for nearly a half day on May 29 to conduct racial bias training in response to a much-publicized incident in one of its stores. The program encouraged employees to speak their truth, honor other people’s truth and be “color brave”. Reading through the 68-page team

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  • 3 Ways to be a Great Friend as Told by Alcuin of York

    3 Ways to be a Great Friend as Told by Alcuin of York0

    If you are looking for “rules for life,” then you might want to start with Alcuin of York, an 8th century cleric. Never heard of him? You should have. Alcuin was Charlemagne’s secretary of education and the driving force behind the “Carolingian Renaissance.” Charlemagne, the First Holy Roman Emperor (815), was convinced that a revival

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