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...school, but something staid and serious instead—something like “Pre-Primary Preparatory Education.” The rugs and water tables of yore have been replaced with desks, nap time with tests, and hugs and Ginger the pet bunny with grades and a stiff pat on the back. I doubt many of us could have survived such an atmosphere, let alone get in to such a rigorous program. I know I couldn?...
...highway in the back of a black Ford Explorer, on his way to a meeting with immigration officials at Dulles airport, Chertoff is musing about why on Earth he took this job. "You don't take this job because you think you are going to wind up getting a pat on the back." He pauses and brings his hand up to his close-cropped beard. "It is the nature of the job that success is not really noticeable...
...inspired to write this article after reading an article by ESPN’s Pat Forde about Eastern Kentucky guard Zach Ingles. Ten years ago, at the age of 12, Zach informed his mother that he was going to play in the NCAA tournament someday. That night, Cynthia Ingles was killed in a car accident...
...Happiness is a gift, not a commodity. Even the poor have the ability to cultivate and share happiness. We can find pleasure in the small things we often take for granted?a smile, a helping hand, a kiss, a wave, a pat on the back, a glass of water and a promise kept. And when you discover its source, you know it. Sometimes happiness overflows, but it never destroys. Paul Aboh Lagos, Nigeria...
This is not to suggest paranoia, yet a definite balance needs to be maintained. We as a society should be a bit more humble in assessing our current predominance and a bit more reluctant to pat ourselves on the back for solving all of the world’s problems. The level of economic inequality that currently exists is without historical precedent, and it is certainly within reason that, if the condition of the three billion people that subsist on less than two dollars a day fails to improve, our cherished international free market system could prove untenable. Many times...