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  • Students Increasingly Are Pursuing Degrees with Better Job Prospects, Data Show

    Students Increasingly Are Pursuing Degrees with Better Job Prospects, Data Show0

    When it comes to employment data, most economists and commentators today mainly concentrate on the unemployment rate. Many seem to ignore another important measure: the underemployment rate. The Federal Reserve of New York defines the underemployment rate as “the share of graduates working in jobs that typically do not require a college degree.” Underemployment and

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  • The Power of ‘Just a Note’

    The Power of ‘Just a Note’0

    Recently my son and his family traveled to the beach, so I came into town to keep an eye on their house, cat, and dog. Finding the key, I opened the basement door and went inside. On the opposite wall the large dry-erase board proclaimed “WELCOME GRANDPA! We love you!” A note of five words,

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  • D-Day Succeeded Thanks to an Ingenious Design Called the Mullberry Harbours

    D-Day Succeeded Thanks to an Ingenious Design Called the Mullberry Harbours0

    When Allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 – a bold invasion of Nazi-held territory that helped tip the balance of World War II – they were using a remarkable and entirely untested technology: artificial ports. To stage what was then the largest seaborne assault in history, the American, British

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  • 100 Reasons to Homeschool Your Kids

    100 Reasons to Homeschool Your Kids1

    This is my 100th article at FEE.org, so here are 100 reasons to homeschool your kids! Homeschoolers perform well academically. Your kids may be happier. Issues like ADHD might disappear or become less problematic. It doesn’t matter if they fidget. YOU may be happier! All that time spent on your kids’ homework can now be

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  • The Way of the Sixgun: An American Martial Art

    The Way of the Sixgun: An American Martial Art0

    With culture around us apparently in decline, it’s worth celebrating uniquely American traditions, especially growing ones. And few activities could be more American than the marksmanship sport of Old West-style shooting. The increasingly popular shooting matches of the National Congress of Old West Shooters and the Single Action Shooting Society are perhaps more than a

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  • Public School Spending: More Isn’t Necessarily Better

    Public School Spending: More Isn’t Necessarily Better0

    • June 5, 2019

    Public school per-pupil spending has increased for the fifth consecutive year, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The county’s top-five spenders for 2017 are New York ($23,091), the District of Columbia ($21,974), Connecticut ($19,322), New Jersey ($18,920) and Vermont ($18,290). California comes in at number 21, spending $12,143 per pupil (see Summary

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