It’s an all too common sight these days in Colorado Springs. this otherwise beautiful city on the front range of the Rocky Mountains and home to Fort Carson: people in ragged, dirty clothes stand on busy street corners displaying sad messages drawn on pieces of cardboard boxes, such as “lost job, need money” or “will […]
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The American public has become increasingly aware of our decline as world leaders in education. Recent PISA test results illustrate a clear slippage in rank. Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan described our latest performance as “a picture of educational stagnation.” Meanwhile, Sunday talk shows feature the latest rounds of debate as pundits seek to find solutions to what
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I The twenty-two guests, having been treated to some very good wine and hors d’Oeuvres, were now cautiously descending the wide and elegant staircase of Imagone Funeral Home to the main parlor on the first floor. A spring snowstorm was fussing outside, with large flakes blowing every which way under an ambivalent late afternoon
Bless me, Scholars, for I have sinned. But let me explain. I totally get that Hallmark, as a corporate media entity, represents the values of elitist America. During the holiday season especially, Hallmark celebrates a very White Christmas: it is the story of fantastic white people who, despite their peculiar adversities in life, have somehow
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Bathroom, Restroom, Lavatory, The Facilities, The John, The Loo, Little Girl’s Room, The Latrine, The Crapper. . . . Why are there so many euphemisms for this common place that all humans use regularly? At some time in the past a bathroom was just that – a room that contained a bathtub, which was the
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I don’t know much about guns. My immediate experience amounts to about three different occasions in my whole life. Yet I have vivid memories of each. The first time was when I was six years old. It was twilight, and my cousin Kenny and I had been out exploring beyond the grape vineyards and across