One of the most disturbing images of the Covid-19 pandemic was when a teacher tried repeatedly to force a mask on a crying toddler, despite his visible distress. In some ways, the U.S. government at all levels, especially among public health officials, treated all of us […]

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According to The Wall Street Journal, the average price of daycare in America rose 6 percent in July from a year before, nearly double the overall inflation rate of 3.2 percent. “We don’t have many other options, so we just have to take the hit,” […]

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It’s time to go old school in education. Enough with the endless torrents of education reform and the modern obsession with infusing technology into every facet of the learning experience. Enough dumbing down of the curriculum, tolerating egregious student behavior, and politicizing the curriculum of […]

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In every way possible, the Covid pandemic smothered live theater. Broadway shut down. Audiences vanished. Crew and actors clocked in as nonessential. In compliance with strict lockdowns, professional theater companies went even further than schools and restaurants, with some policing themselves into near nonexistence. Where […]

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In September 2024, less than two months before the next U.S. presidential election, the United Nations will host a landmark “Summit of the Future,” where member nations will adopt a Pact for the Future. The agreement will solidify numerous policy reforms offered by the U.N. over […]

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It was a nice, long holiday weekend — God bless the troops! — and I’m not ready to kill my buzz by talking about politics just yet. But I am ready to address this highly important New York Times article about how dining out is so often […]

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Spoilers. For everyone who has faithfully tuned in to the post-apocalyptic video game turned television series “The Last of Us” through its first season, the last two months have been a wild and bumpy ride. That’s true in every sense. Thematically, viewers have endured everything […]

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The infrastructure for living without a smartphone in the West is slowly disappearing. Thanks to societal changes made during the pandemic-induced lockdowns of 2020, many temporary adjustments — QR code menus, digital boarding passes — have become permanent. Nowadays it’s rare to go to a […]

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Democrats and their little media friends are beside themselves that right-wingers aren’t in mourning over the very strange — shut up, don’t ask! — attack on Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband. They’ve all seemed to have forgotten how they treated everyone over the past […]

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I would posit that the real sign we are nearing a complete and total end of civilization as we know it is neither Lizzo twerking with historical artifacts nor world leaders teetering on the brink of nuclear war, but the latest viral TikTok food trend: […]

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