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Trump’s credibility takes a hit as FBI finds no evidence of Obama ‘wiretap’0
- International
- March 22, 2017
FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Michael S. Rogers have both testified before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that they do not have any information or evidence to support US President Donald Trump’s claims the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower during the election. The committee is investigating allegations of collusion
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When a Man in a Women’s Restroom is Finally Seen as Wrong 0
- March 22, 2017
After opening the blog post she felt necessary to write by saying that she was reluctant to write it, as a tolerant person who would likely be labeled and derided as intolerant, ‘The Get Real Mom’ stated clearly: “This is a story about a biological man in the women’s restroom.” Innate sensibility prevailed when a startled
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An Amazing Thing Happened When Prisons Began Teaching Latin to Convicts 0
- Education
- March 21, 2017
A little over a year ago, it was reported that Australian schoolchildren were suddenly making dramatic gains in a number of subjects. The largest advances came in reading, with students increasing their “reading age” by over two years on average. The secret behind these dramatic gains was a little program called Sound Training, which uses
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How Motherhood Has Changed over the Generations 0
- Culture
- March 21, 2017
The other day I came across this article which showed photos of how motherhood has stayed the same over the years. It’s pretty special to think that the overflowing love, the joy, the struggles, the tiredness and so on, is a constant for mothers – past, present and future. But there are a few things
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Grammarians rejoice in the $10 million comma 0
- Culture
- March 21, 2017
Portland-based company Oakhurst Dairy will potentially owe $10 million to 75 milk-truck drivers in the US state of Maine because of a missing comma in a legal clause. Last week, Judge David J. Barron upheld an appeal in a class-action lawsuit, opening his opinion with: “For want of a comma, we have this case.” Three
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David Cay Johnston: Journalism a Bastion for ‘Trust Fund Kids’0
- Culture
- March 21, 2017
In a recent Salon.com interview, investigative journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston declared that the real problem with today’s journalism is not ideological bias or fake news. Instead, it’s the myopia journalists suffer from as a result of attending elite prep schools, growing up with silver spoons in their mouths and living off
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