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  • The Death of Outdoor Recess

    The Death of Outdoor Recess0

    A mom in New York tells me she’s in a fight with her kid’s preschool. You might think she’s unhappy with the zero-tolerance policy for Kombucha? Too much enrichment? Not enough? In fact, it’s none of the above. Her fight is over the children playing outside. The mother wants her kid to be outside more

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  • Lincoln’s Suicide Note

    Lincoln’s Suicide Note0

    The depths of Abraham Lincoln’s misery following the death of fiancée Ann Rutledge is well known. (Lincoln’s close friend Josh Speed provided a detailed and captivating recollection of the Lincoln-Rutledge courtship, an unlikely romance that was nothing short of Shakespearean in both beauty and tragedy.) Lincoln was remarkably frank and open about his persistent “melancholy”, which

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  • Justice and ‘Social Justice’: Two Very Different Things

    Justice and ‘Social Justice’: Two Very Different Things0

    Recently, Harvard political theorist Danielle Allen wrote in the Washington Post of “The most important phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance” — “with liberty and justice for all.” Allen recognized that justice required “equality before the law” and that freedom exists “only when it is for everyone.” But she confused democracy — defined as progressives “build[ing] a distributed

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  • Does America Still Believe in its Own Ideas?

    Does America Still Believe in its Own Ideas?0

    The other day, my mother handed me a couple of books she had found while sorting through my late grandfather’s belongings. One was entitled Military Science and Tactics: Infantry Basic Course, which I presume was left over from his days in basic training during World War II. While most of the book revolved around weapon

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  • Trump Voters: What Exactly Do You Mean by a ‘Great’ America?

    Trump Voters: What Exactly Do You Mean by a ‘Great’ America?0

    Dear Trump Voters, Let’s start with the basics. What exactly do you mean when you told me during the campaign that you want to ‘make America great again’? The slogan your candidate was elected on states outright that there was a time when America was great, that now America is not great, and that your

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  • Should Homeschoolers Be Allowed to Play Public School Sports?

    Should Homeschoolers Be Allowed to Play Public School Sports?0

    Years ago, I was privy to an instance where a young, middle school girl was encouraged to join the swim team at her local neighborhood school. There was only one problem. The girl was homeschooled, a status which made her automatically ineligible to join the team and participate in the sport.  But times have changed,

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