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The power of nonviolent protest

A few years ago I visited Birmingham, Alabama for the wedding of two friends. One day, I spent some hours in Birmingham’s Civil Rights Institute, and the arboreal, stunning square across the street, Kelly Ingram Park, now part of the … Continue reading

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The “libertarian” war against public schools: what does it mean?

Source: What the ‘Government Schools’ Critics Really Mean – The New York Times Katherine Stewart, an investigative journalist, published an opinion piece in today’s New York Times for which I am grateful. Because it relieves me of the necessity of … Continue reading

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O beautiful for spacious skies…

You’ve probably read all these news events in the past week, but for me–devoted as I am to time lines because they reveal patterns in reality–Harper’s Weekly Review summarizes this week’s facts of life perfectly: A Democrat in Iowa withdrew … Continue reading

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