Opinion
Dissecting the Third Amendment
The purpose of this series of articles is to describe and interpret the 10 amendments in the Bill of Rights, which were adopted in 1789 and which distinguish the United States Constitution from those of other countries. Both sides of the arguments for or against a particular amendment will be given,
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Five songs that seem to follow me around
We all have moments of déjà vu in which we can vividly recall having had an experience in the past, even if we didn’t actually experience it. Maybe we dreamed it? Maybe a subconscious or paranormal part of ourselves is doing the remembering? Whatever it is, it’s creepy when it happens. In this colum
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2013 Urban Teacher Residency United Data Literacy Symposium: Data geek travel journal (part one)
I’m a nervous person in general, and traveling is so stressful that I often have to go into a Benadryl-fueled trancelike state to even begin packing. Luckily, most of my work is statistics lab kind of stuff that requires a stationary office and computer. Sometimes, though, even a data geek has to go
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Turning a misspent youth into a well-spent present
A friend remarked recently that she often wonders what skills and talents she could have pursued if she hadn't spent much of her 20s drinking copious amounts of vodka and generally getting into trouble. It was an interesting question given how accomplished she is now—I could hardly imagine where she
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(Im)perfect Parenting: What Mom REALLY wants for Mother's Day
I have a confession: I am a crappy and unoriginal gift-giver, and this goes all the way back to my childhood. My Mother’s Day gifts to my mom were usually coffee mugs because she liked coffee. Every year. Coffee mug. What woman doesn’t want a cabinet filled with mugs that she has to clean? Oh, that’
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Five quotes to ponder from David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was an American author who penned three novels, several collections of short stories and a ton of nonfiction. He also gave what is considered the best commencement speech of our generation at Kenyon College in 2005. You can see a dramatized version of that speech in the video ab
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