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...nothing beats school for preparing the child for life beyond home. There's probably some truth in that. Yet it's fair to ask why, as a society, we assume that a minimum of 10 years at school is appropriate for all children any more than a spell in the Army is right for all 18-year-old males. Homeschoolers are not "school bashers," says Terry Harding, principal of the Australian Christian Academy, the country's largest homeschooling organization. "They see schools as a wonderful community service. But they also want what (homeschoolers) do recognized as a new educational phenomenon...
...heatedly debated, issue of the day. In his 2004 book The God Gene, U.S. molecular biologist Dean Hamer claimed to have located one of the genes he said was responsible for spirituality. Last month, the American philosopher and evolutionary theorist Daniel Dennett provoked more controversy with Breaking the Spell, in which he cast religion in terms of memes - cultural ideas that can spread, mutate and survive in our minds, whether or not they are good for us. Meanwhile in Oxford, England, researchers at the Centre for the Science of the Mind are subjecting volunteers to severe pain...
Marlins players do this battery of stretches, plus running, three times daily. For the rest of us, once a day could spell the difference between leaving winter behind and spending spring on the disabled list...
These enterprising individuals had coordinated the customized lettering on their shirts to spell out “ABAJO FIDEL”—roughly translated, in English, as “Down With Fidel”—when they stood next to each other. They also displayed a smaller, similar sign with the same message...
...They don’t know what it’s about, they don’t know why it’s important, and they certainly don’t know why we Irish folk get worked up when ads that market a day of boozing spell it “St. Patty’s Day.”In Ireland St. Paddy’s Day is a nationwide holiday, a huge tourist draw, and a giant display of national pride. To us, the descendants of Irish immigrants, the holiday is a vital affirmation of our culture...