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Education
Why school refused to let 9-year-old use prescription inhaler during coughing fit
It’s an age-old question: When is it permissible to violate an order or override a policy directive? This was the…
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Unyielding
Ten people killed in shooting at Oregon college *UPDATE* Shooter may have posted warning
Authorities are reporting multiple casualties in a shooting at a community college in southwestern Oregon, the Associated Press reported shortly before noon.…
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Social Issues
Woman in therapy because of institutional racism wants bills for treatment sent here
Rinna Rem is 29 and of Thai-Cambodian extraction. A resident of Portland, Ore., Rem suffers from “Marfan syndrome,” a chronic illness that…
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Education
Georgia school district’s evolving rationale for teaching Islam in middle school
Parents in Walton County, Ga., are up in arms over the assignments their children in middle school are being asked to…
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Politics
Public radio commissions fabulous new southern flag to replace Confederate flag
The South shall rise again … and if a show on public radio has its way, the flag that flies over…
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Foreign Affairs
Obama ‘accidentally’ shakes hand of Iranian foreign minister at UN
Another first for Barack Obama. The Times of Israel reports via the Associated Press that the president and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…
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Education
University seizes student property on grounds it is culturally offensive
Universities have the rare opportunity to teach as much by example as they do via formal lesson plan. If the University…
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Economy
‘Courageous’ FL Dems to take ‘minimum wage challenge,’ live on $17 a day?
“Put your money where your mouth is,” the saying goes. And eighteen Florida state lawmakers, Democrats all, intend to do just that,…
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Politics
Whatever became of the Ground Zero mosque? The answer might surprise you
Remember the “Ground Zero mosque”? I mean, who could forget it? The controversial project drove a jetliner-size wedge between Americans…
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Politics
The next ‘trans’ frontier: Cutting off your arms and legs to feel ‘normal’
If thine eye offend thee and all that. Face it: Caitlyn (nee Bruce) Jenner, who graced the cover of “Vanity Fair” back…
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Law and Government
Bad enough mother forgot where she left her 6-year-old; wait till you hear where it was
Hey, it’s all part of being a parent. You go out for an attitude-adjustment drink with colleagues after work and…
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Education
Another school system bans ‘Tag,’ citing emotional well-being of students
According to the Dallas Morning News, Ahmed Mohamed and his siblings have been pulled out of the Irving (Texas) Independent School…
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Politics
Dress that Michelle Obama wore to greet pope cost HOW MUCH?
How utterly inappropriate! First Lady Ann Romney had the bad taste to wear a dress that cost $2,290 for the first…
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Email Featured
If you live in any of these 5 states, you’ll soon need a passport for domestic flights
No, this doesn’t sound at all crazy. A helpful reminder from the website AntiMedia advises that, in compliance with the 2005 Real…
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Economy
A three-word message the American people shouldn’t ‘read too much into’
Almost any utterance can have different meanings depending on the way it is spoken. Take the three words “It is…
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Media
Tweet of the Day: The tweet heard round the world (and the latest microaggression)
Tom Nichols, an author who teaches at Harvard Extension School and the U.S. Naval War College, touched a nerve last week —…
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Law and Government
Remember the disabled vet who claimed BLM vandalized his truck? Forget him, he’s a fake
The story, reported here last week, had the right mix of elements that were sure to induce outrage. A disabled…
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Politics
Scott Walker pulling out of presidential race
Fox News confirmed minutes ago that earlier speculation, that Gov. Scott Walker was suspending his campaign for the GOP presidential…
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Education
As long as schools persist in teaching Common Core math, every parent should cut a check like this one
The Common Core Curriculum Standards have been an unending source of irritation for students unlucky enough to attend school in districts…
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Politics
What kind of person would cheat a blind man? Some possible answers
The bottom line of this morality play appears to be that rich people are thieves, while poor — even homeless…
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Media
Jake Brewer, husband of Mary Katharine Ham, tragically killed during charity event
Jake Brewer, a White House staffer and husband of Mary Katharine Ham, was tragically killed this past weekend while participating in…
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Politics
Hillary bails on kids in New Hampshire; where’s the media outrage?
If there is a political equivalent to the Hippocratic Oath, the first dictum is “First do no harm … to the…
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Politics
Kids with cancer, parents ejected from park near White House
Call it the presidential version of the neighborhood curmudgeon shouting, “Hey, you kids there: Get off my lawn!” In this…
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Politics
Women in Minneapolis: Let’s hear it for ‘topless equality’
There is nothing new about women wanting to get something off their chests, namely their tops. But I must admit,…
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