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The Los Angeles Times headline was cheerful: “It’s Official: Latinos Now Outnumber Whites in California.” The Times said, “As of …
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After my 85th birthday last week, I looked back over my life and was surprised to discover in how many …
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After spending most of June giving President Obama new authority to negotiate trade deals with low-wage countries in Asia, congressional …
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Barack Obama, for his own education, never set foot in a public school. When he was 10 years of age, …
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Last summer’s Ferguson, Missouri, disturbances revealed that while blacks were 67 percent of its population, only three members of its …
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American colleges and universities, long thought to be the glory of the nation, are in more than a little trouble. …
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This is the season of college graduations, and many people may be wondering what kinds of gifts would be most …
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Parents are up in arms against Common Core — the attempt to federalize what schools teach — but the even …
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