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Does Santa Deliver To Rwanda? Are There Even Chimneys There?

Pumpkins are melting into sodden orange lumps on doorsteps. Womens’ magazines feature yet another recipe spread for a low-fat Thanksgiving dinner, which seems terribly surreal to me. No matter what anyone may say to the contrary, eating real food instead … Continue reading →

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Unschooling Civics With Election 2008

Son, who will be 18 soon, is taking his first election very seriously. He’s sifted through more political effluvia than I have stomach for and has decided that Barack Obama is the best person to lead the country out of … Continue reading →

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Weaving Peace as Opposed to Waging War

Who doesn’t remember Sparta and Athens, those city states which were so easy to study because they were direct opposites. Well, at least they were the way history was taught in the early sixties when we labored over dioramas of … Continue reading →

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