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...right when he predicted at the beginning of the television era that in the future all politicians would have to be performers. But politicians are, for the most part, lousy performers.Their advisers are pretty awful at what they do too. In the absence of inspiration, they have fixed upon the crudest, most negative and robotic forms of communication. They've made moments like Robert Kennedy's in Indianapolis next to impossible...
...listening to music on my computer, checking my e-mail, befriending people on Facebook and trying to decide how long it would take me to get to my next class--all with complete comprehension of what I was reading. Our generation's ability to multitask should be looked upon as a gift, not a weakness that inhibits achievement...
...Once upon a time, homeschooling ruled. In colonial Australia, education occurred in the family home or in dame schools, where a benevolent woman taught several children for a few hours a day in her home. In 1880, when less than a third of New South Wales children received schooling, the state's Premier, Henry Parkes, pushed through the Public Instruction Act, establishing free, secular and compulsory education. School has been seen as the place for kids to learn ever since. But homeschoolers are now lobbing water bombs at that status...
...heavyweights, Saturday did not result in victory, but some rowers found solace in the disappointment. “I think we feel pretty good about the race today,” heavyweight senior Laura Martin said. “It gave us areas to improve upon, and there are a lot of races this season for us work on theses areas and get better.” Coming off last weekend’s upset victory over No. 4 Brown, the Black and White’s rankings, in addition to its expectations, were on the rise. Against the best...
...being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel. I don't think America can tolerate the idea of a leader of nation of 30 million people who can openly speak of the liquidation of another country. And therefore it is incumbent upon America and Europeans to form a strategy and implement it to remove this danger of unconventional weapons in Iran. To assume that Israel would be the first to go into a military confrontation with Iran represents a misunderstanding of this issue...