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Tani Ikeda, Sex-Ed Trendsetter
For many of us, sex education consisted of half-truths whispered in the school cafeteria or movies in health class that suggested abstinence and heterosexuality were our only options. In 2009 Tani...
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Report: First two years of college show small gains – USATODAY.com
After two years in college, 45% of students showed no significant gains in learning. After four years, 36% showed little change. Report: First two years of college show small gains – USATODAY.com....
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For Kids, Self-Control Factors Into Future Success : NPR
Self-control keeps us from eating a whole bag of chips or from running up the credit card. A new study says that self-control makes the difference between getting a good job or going to jail — and we...
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Thought For The Day
An educated man knows that a tomato is actually a fruit. A wise man knows that you don’t put them in fruit salad.
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Steve Nelson: The Death of Citizenship
There is a fallacy that has become commonplace in our society: the idea that everyone is entitled to their opinion, no matter how unqualified to hold that opinion they might be. That is true only in...
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A FEW WORDS ABOUT BULLYING
I just heard a discussion of the film “Bullying” on NPR, and the asshole who opined that we “need” bullying because it teaches us to “stand up for ourselves” so enraged me that I had to turn it off. I...
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Yo! People!
One is a criterion; two are criteria. Use quotation marks ONLY for direct quotations, “NEVER” for emphasis, as I just did. A direct quote is something that someone actually said or wrote or, in the...
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Teen Birthrate Lowest In 60+ Years
A new government report shows that teen pregnancies have declined steadily with the rising use of contraception and sex education. USA TODAY http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/54140178
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Neologism Alert!
What’s with this “Areal” Flood Watch that the National Weather Service is reporting? When did it become necessary to add an L to area in order to use it as an adverb? Or do we have a spelling problem...
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