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by Jeff Salisbury Mindless underfunding of schools continues, doing irreparable harm to kids High school graduation season is in full bloom in many communities around the nation, but in some…

Revisionism is easy... but making harsh, horrid, homicidal decisions, in real life and real time, is not as easy as most people think (check out the ever-whiter hair of every…

by Amy Kerr Hardin “Truth comes from the competition of ideas. Critical thinking skills involve listening to both sides.” — Robert Rosenkranz, chairman of Intelligence Squared, speaking at a debate…

“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.” — Jimi Hendrix, musician and…

My cousin came to me one time after completing her degree requirements and asked if she should continue on with a master’s degree after her bachelor's completion. I commented it…

“And it ain’t braggin’ if it’s true. Muhammad Ali said that. Back when he was a young man. Back when he was Cassius Clay. Before he had too many fights,…

by Barry Hastings (Normandy, June 6, 1944, 9:30 p.m., double-daylight savings time.) At six-thirty p.m., two squadrons of U.S. Army Air Force P-51 fighter planes, the 334 and 335 ,…