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Today’s High School Students Need More Vocational Training 0
- September 25, 2015
If you were a high school student and had the option to either go to college and accumulate a load of debt or start a job immediately after graduation making a decent, middle-class salary, which would you choose? For many of today’s young people, the latter option sounds like an ideal, but impossible, situation. But
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Pat the (Offensive) Bunny 0
- September 25, 2015
Nothing gives you an idea of how much things have changed like old children’s books. In many a nursery room around the U.S., you will likely find a number of little, worn-down hardcover books that have been read a thousand times. Goodnight Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Guess How Much I Love You, and Pat
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Mayor Proposes Website Revealing the Names of Welfare Recipients 0
- September 25, 2015
Taxpayers are increasingly calling for transparency in government spending. As a result, you can now find the salaries of each government employee, and in some states, the pension amounts they receive. One mayor in Maine is proposing to take the public’s desire for transparency a step further: revealing welfare recipients by name. In
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If You Want a Job, These are the 10 Worst Majors to Pursue 0
- September 24, 2015
Last night’s Facebook post touched upon the pitfalls of following your passion when it comes to a college major. As many know from experience, studying what you want does not always result in your desired salary, and it may very well result in no job at all. Many of our audience members joke about what
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George Will Calls Pope Francis a “False Prophet”0
- September 24, 2015
Pope Francis has received a lot of heat from conservatives for his position on the environment. The latest salvo is from George Will, who brutally called Francis a “false prophet” in the title of his syndicated column last Sunday. Essentially, Will accuses Francis of being heavy on idealism when it comes to his environmental ethic
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Soundtrack for a Civil War 0
- September 24, 2015
What is it about music that it can so perfectly capture our sentiments? For anyone who has watched Ken Burns’ series on the Civil War, you probably would recognize ‘Ashokan Farewell’ as the melody played through much of it. Here it is put to images from the war: What the combatants themselves would have chosen
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