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Joe Must Go
As so many others have expressed, within a minute into the ill-named “debate,” I knew it was a certain train wreck. Biden looked like so many old men I observe going into a restaurant, for example, slack-jawed and confused –…
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Thou Shalt Not
Just one more reason to be glad I don’t live in Louisiana. Governor Jeff Landry just signed a law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom. He accompanied the law’s signing with the snickering comment,…
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Happy (?) Juneteenth!
Happy Juneteenth! Or, perhaps not so happy. I needn’t offer up a comprehensive history of the event that inspired the holiday, but it is considered the culmination of the long-fought battle for the freedom of slaves. June 19th, 1865. Several…
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Nelson’s Corner | May 2024
It is often useful to step back from the trees and take a gander at the forest. In April, the latest inquisition by the Republican House featured the cowering performance of Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik. She and her…
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Don’t Let School Ruin Your Education
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain Ah, sweet summer. Schooling is over – for most – and education can commence. Our culture has a fixed notion of what constitutes education, as do most…
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If Not For . . .
1966 In my frequent nightmares I was in a jungle in Vietnam, rifle bursts coming from all directions, the Vietcong slipping unseen and unseeable through the fetid night. My night sweats were jungle sweats. I had been drafted and was…
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What’s the Score?
Well, that didn’t take long. Following the short burst of SAT-optional college admission policies spawned by the pandemic, the testing race is back at full throttle, at least at some Ivies. Among the rationales this time around is the preposterous…
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Nelson’s Corner | April 2024
As I begin my tenure in the Corner, I offer a few thoughts on the craft we practice in these pages. Journalism is a threatened species. The primacy of social media marginalizes and handicaps real journalists as objective reporting offers…
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