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  • Oregon High School Discovers Hidden Benefits in Shop Class

    Oregon High School Discovers Hidden Benefits in Shop Class0

    Have you ever looked at the range of courses your child can take in high school and had the sense that something was missing? For many parents, that missing item is one that was a favorite course in high school: shop class. The reasons for the disappearance of shop class are simple: high stakes testing

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  • CIA Analysts Love to Read French Philosophy

    CIA Analysts Love to Read French Philosophy0

    CIA analysts have been reading Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes and Jean-Paul Sartre for years. The reasons might astound you.  In a recent article in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Gabriel Rockhill, a Philosophy professor at Villanova University, explains why the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has a longstanding interest in post-World War

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  • What If Grocery Stores Worked Like Public Schools?

    What If Grocery Stores Worked Like Public Schools?0

    One of the most important things to consider when buying a house is the quality of the grocery district. As the name implies, the grocery district determines which public grocery store you and your family get to use. District maps are drawn by the government to ensure each grocery store has an appropriate number of

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  • Immigration has become a ‘screaming match’ thanks to media bias

    Immigration has become a ‘screaming match’ thanks to media bias0

    Front page pictures of protests, horror stories about innocent victims, editorials denouncing the whole idea — are we getting the whole story about President Trump’s immigration crackdown? Where’s the discussion about necessary immigration reform? MercatorNet asked Christopher Harper, Professor of Journalism in the School of Media and Communication at Temple University what he thinks. * *

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  • Did Dem Leaders Stay ‘Firmly Seated’ During the Carryn Owens Applause?

    Did Dem Leaders Stay ‘Firmly Seated’ During the Carryn Owens Applause?0

    Last night Carryn Owens became, in the words of the New York Times, the face of bravery and perseverance in America.   The widow of Navy SEAL William (Ryan) Owens was invited to attend President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress Tuesday, less than one month after her husband was slain in the in the Yakla

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  • 1 in 5 Can’t Name an Author, New Survey Finds

    1 in 5 Can’t Name an Author, New Survey Finds0

    Last fall, Pew Research found that 27 percent of Americans had not read a book in the preceding year. Unfortunately, our friends across the pond aren’t much better in this respect. According to a 2014 survey, roughly 26 percent of adults in Great Britain admitted to not reading and finishing a book for pleasure. One

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