Political Education
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2.7KErasing History
As someone who studied history I would like to be the first person to tell you that tearing down a statue cannot...
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2.6KA Historical Look at the Robert E Lee Statue in Charlottesville
I live in Virginia, not close to Charlottesville. I am never going to pretend that I can see all sides of this...
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2.2KLet’s Not Forget Congress is Bicameral
Many of us are not happy with the House of Representatives right now after passing their new health care bill. Some are...
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2.0KLanguage is Very Important Now
While reading this article from The Atlantic about how the political climate is making it difficult for people to focus I began to think...
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1.7KThe Founding Fathers Wouldn’t Recognize This Election
We listen to the talk, and the rhetoric coming out of the mouths of this year’s set of politicians. Here’s the truth,...
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1.4KThe United States should hold a Constitutional Convention in 2026 in Philadelphia.
If the 2016 Election has signaled anything to me, it’s that our political systems are in the process of breaking apart. The...
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3.5KImproving the lives of the street children of Ecuador: a former volunteer’s profile of the UBECI Foundation
For the past month, I have been in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, on a volunteer trip. My reasons for going initially...
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1.7KReflections on 20+ years of day trips to New York City.
Yesterday, I had an interview. In New York City. As my train approached the city, I felt a lot of the same...
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4.0KAvoiding Cultural Appropriation: The Responsibilities of a Second Language Learner
There’s a lot of talk about the importance of language learning in the United States. Many experts insist that we as a...
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1.1KDemocrats & Republicans: do we need them?
Here is my question: why do we have political parties in the United Sates? And my next question is, why are there...
