Viet Thanh Nguyen
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While there have been many concerns expressed about opening our schools and colleges since the pandemic rear its ugly head last winter, Viet Thanh Nguyen, a […]

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Today we honor our country’s presidents particularly George Washington and Abraham Lincoln who led us well through perilous times.

Tony

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The Associated Press is reporting this morning that supporters of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny came out to residential courtyards and shined their cellphone […]

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New York Times columnist, Maureen Dowd, reviews Donald Trump’s behavior both past and in leading up to his second impeachment.  Entitled, Trump’s Taste for Blood, Dowd proposes that […]

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Donald Trump’s impeachment trial came to an end yesterday with 57 senators finding him convict, falling short of the two-thirds margin required to find him guilty of the charge […]

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Donald Trump was acquitted yesterday of inciting the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, concluding an historic impeachment trial that spared him the first-ever […]

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Last week after one of my classes during which I mentioned where education is heading in the not-too-distant future, I mentioned technological developments including artificial […]

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After the defense presented its case yesterday and followed by a question and answer period, the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump is winding down with a vote likely coming […]

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Former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in an interview skewers Trump stating that “we shouldn’t have followed him.”  Her comments came during an interview with Politi […]

Image from video of Donald Trump addressing the insurrectionists of the Capitol on January 6th
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The Associated Press has an article this morning describing that for the past week, […]

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Science has an article in this week’s edition highlighting evidence that female academics and scientists were hit especially hard by the pandemic.  For the past year, many […]

A security camera shows Vice President Mike Pence being evacuated as rioters breach the U.S. Capitol (Photo: Courtesy of the Associated Press)

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Donald Trump posted a tweet […]

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NBC News is reporting that Twitter will uphold its ban on former President Donald Trump, even if he were to run for office again, according to the company’s chief financial officer, Ned […]

Mark Cuban
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The Associated Press is reporting Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has decided not to play the national anthem before the team’s home games.

The Mavericks played t […]

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For anyone watching the impeachment trial yesterday, it was obvious that the House Managers especially Jamie Raskin were well-prepared and presented a […]

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I have had mixed feelings about the second impeachment of Donald Trump.  Part of me wants to forget it and move on and another part of me feels that he […]

Karen Lewis in 2012 leading a schoolteachers’ rally at Union Park in Chicago. Credit…Nathan Weber for The New York Times
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It is a bit coincidental that just as Chicago’s teachers agr […]

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Representative Liz Cheney, R-Wy., yesterday defended her vote for former President Donald Trump’s impeachment a day after her own state party officially rebuked her.

“The […]