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January 21, 2022

Parenting in the World's Worst Managed Pandemic

This is parenting in the days of omicron, swimming in an ocean of angst, with currents constantly shifting direction, an awkward soup of fear, determination and gratitude for those doing the hard work of keeping schools working....

January 20, 2022

For the Sake of Strangers

Tolstoy said, “Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.”...

January 19, 2022

Here’s Where (and how) You are Most Likely to Catch COVID – New Study

While it is almost certain that you are going to catch the virus sometime, let that sometime be later when hospitals can handle it better. Here's the latest on how to avoid getting infected....

January 19, 2022

Loving Life More (Thanks to my Pets)

I love animals. Any kind of animal. Sometimes, even the scary-looking ones and the mythical creatures in the stories that Mama read to me every night when I was still very young....

January 18, 2022

The Many Advantages to Online Classrooms

Many students have showed an increased ability to study and to problem-solve independently. Teachers in Hong Kong reported that students had developed problem-solving methods that their teachers hadn’t taught them....

January 17, 2022

America's Illegal Prison Lives On

Over the past 20 years, the U.S. has held 779 men at the secretive prison. Most were never charged with a crime. Many were tortured, held in isolation, shackled, hooded, kicked, threatened with dogs, force-fed in a manner described as torture by the United Nations....

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