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  • Stopping for Cake is Not a Crime

    Stopping for Cake is Not a Crime2

    It was, Nzinga Terrell-Brown hoped, the beginning of her dream of becoming a teacher. In 2018, when she got a job as a teacher’s aide, her future looked bright. But a couple months in, she was fired—and didn’t know why. She got another teacher’s aide job but was abruptly fired again. What was going on?

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  • Goofus and Gallant Go Woke

    Goofus and Gallant Go Woke5

    Do you remember Highlights, the ubiquitous children’s magazine that you’d devour at the dentist’s office? If you were lucky, you’d wait for the mailman to deliver a fresh edition to your home at the beginning of every month. It was a treasure. The venerable American publication was established in 1946 by an enterprising married couple

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  • A Once-in-a Lifetime Event: Giving Our Children a Childhood

    A Once-in-a Lifetime Event: Giving Our Children a Childhood7

    I was on my way home the other day when I saw a fire truck at the local rec park. As I passed, I saw a female firefighter holding a hose and spraying water over a mob of squealing, laughing little kids. I quickly swung into the parking lot, pulled up near the rig, and

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  • Queen Elizabeth, Prince Louis, and the Legacy We Leave

    Queen Elizabeth, Prince Louis, and the Legacy We Leave4

    The Platinum Jubilee of Great Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was celebrated with Trooping the Colour on June 2, leaving many picture-perfect moments in its wake. The passing parade provided one Kodak moment. Smiling senior members of the royal family waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace provided another. But the audience choice award for the

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  • Letter to a Worried Grandma

    Letter to a Worried Grandma0

    A grandma wrote to say she’d seen her daughter cutting up her granddaughters’ meat at dinner—and the kids are in middle and high school. Their mom also chooses their clothes. The kids get straight A’s, but the grandma worries that they are being coddled into becoming imbeciles. My response: Grannie—I am sorry to say that

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  • A Tale of Two Uvalde Fathers

    A Tale of Two Uvalde Fathers4

    The sickening massacre of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas has rightly horrified our nation. Some politicians and commentators are once again calling for stricter gun controls. Others fault the abject failings of America’s mental health care system. A few—perhaps the wisest among us—contend that the collapse of morality

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