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  • Children’s Mental Health Declined ‘Substantially’ During Lockdowns, Study Finds

    Children’s Mental Health Declined ‘Substantially’ During Lockdowns, Study Finds0

    A new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge finds that the government-imposed lockdowns in response to the coronavirus pandemic cause significant harm to children’s mental health. The study, published this week in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, was the first of its kind to analyze data on younger children’s mental health before and during the

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  • Thinking Students Rank Last on the Government School Agenda

    Thinking Students Rank Last on the Government School Agenda0

    One of my favorite field trips as a child was my annual summer visit to a one-room schoolhouse where I spent the day dressed in an old-fashioned dress and bonnet, scratching away on a slate and learning lessons out of old McGuffey Readers. At the time, my delight in the McGuffey Readers stemmed from the

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  • Is Our Second Civil War—also a ‘Forever War’?

    Is Our Second Civil War—also a ‘Forever War’?0

    When the Electoral College meets Monday, it will almost surely certify former Vice President Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States. And he will take the oath of office Jan. 20. There is, nationally, a growing if grudging realization of that reality. Yet millions of Americans will refuse to accept the legitimacy

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  • How to Help Kids Hate Reading

    How to Help Kids Hate Reading1

    Readers: Please read this newspaper for 20 minutes every night until you have finished the entire issue. You may read longer, of course, but 20 minutes is the minimum. Use a timer. Record the date and number of articles you read each day, and the reporter. Please also indicate the topic of the article and

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  • Politicians Are Incentivized to Embrace Useless COVID-19 Restrictions

    Politicians Are Incentivized to Embrace Useless COVID-19 Restrictions0

    Over the weekend Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, took to Twitter to criticize Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker for not taking more assertive government action to slow the spread of the coronavirus. “Massachusetts has more new COVID cases per capita than Georgia, Florida, or Texas,” observed Jha, who also

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  • Staying Sane in La-La Land

    Staying Sane in La-La Land0

    Madness abounds. At an Illinois shopping mall on December 6, a boy asked a masked Santa Claus for a Nerf gun for Christmas. That Jolly Old Elf sternly said no, no guns of any kind, and suggested other gifts like Legos, leaving the poor kid in tears. His mother admirably refrained from punching Santa in the

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