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Top 10 Yogi Berra Quotes 0
- September 23, 2015
Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra passed away last night at the age of 90. He was a man famous not only for baseball, but also for his propensity to utter things that made people do a double take. Some assumed that he was just confused, but others have seen profundity in Yogi’s quotes. According to sportswriter Phil Pepe,
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The Pope Francis Media Circus is a Two-Edged Sword 0
- September 23, 2015
The excitement surrounding Pope Francis’ visit to America is the closest Catholics get to Beatlemania. Hundreds of thousands are hoping to catch a glimpse of the pope when he is in D.C., New York, and Philadelphia this week. My Facebook feed has seen more than one post from those with golden tickets to see the
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How This Teacher Makes $4 Million per Year 0
- September 23, 2015
Teachers in America frequently complain that they are underpaid. But that is not a complaint you will hear from South Korean teacher, Andrew Kim, who made $4 million in 2010. Profiled in Amanda Ripley’s bestseller The Smartest Kids in the World, Kim is known in South Korea as a “rock-star teacher.” For over twenty years,
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This is news?0
- September 22, 2015
I’ve been told that the video about a rat dragging a pizza is trending in the news. I’m sure it’s good clickbait material, which we might even benefit from, too. But at least we’re being honest. USA Today, “the nation’s newspaper”, got in on it: ABC News joined in, too: Where would we be without knowing that
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Homeschooling Is a Threat to Public Education 1
- September 22, 2015
According to my local government, I’m just now beginning my fifth year as a homeschooling dad. That’s how long state law has required us to file the paperwork. In that time, I’ve heard homeschoolers called elitists (because not everyone can afford to educate their own children), snobs (because it is assumed that we look down
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Why Are Some People Bad at Listening?0
- September 22, 2015
Most of us have had the experience of being with a bad listener. There’s the person who looks at his phone while you speak and periodically nods his head and mutters “Mmm Hmm.” There’s the one who stares blankly at you with a mix of boredom and resentment, just praying that you will soon stop
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