Showing posts with label schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label schools. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 04, 2018

From the Archives: Arlington schools need history bridge (1996)

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This article appeared in The Washington Times on December 4, 1996, under the headline "Arlington schools need history bridge." A...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

From the Archives: 'School Training for Civil Defense' (1981)

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Some background may shed light on this 1981 article, retrieved from my paper archives.  Fortunately the story behind it has already been tol...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Adventures in the Land of the Mathematically Challenged

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A letter to the editor in today's Daily Progress tries to draw attention to the problem of expensive housing in the Charlottesville ar...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

2014 Jefferson Muzzle awards have been announced

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Violators of freedom of expression are the "winners" of the 2014 Jefferson Muzzle Awards from the Thomas Jefferson Center for the...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

From the Archives: 'West Side Racist?'

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In a recent commentary on controversies surrounding sports team names, Winston Jones wrote in the Douglas County (Ga.) Sentinel : Our soci...
Thursday, August 01, 2013

Victoria's Secret Elementary School

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Year after year, as Virginia's annual "tax free" back-to-school shopping weekend rolls around, I find a reason to take aim at ...
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Graduation Day at PVCC

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Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) held its 37th annual commencement exercises on Friday, May 14.  Nearly 500 students became alumni...
Monday, November 09, 2009

Video of 'Locked Out' Panel Discussion

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A powerful documentary film, a joint project of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics and the Community Idea Stations (publ...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Deifying the Chief Executive

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Not since " The Apotheosis of George Washington " has an American president been subjected to deification to the extent that Barac...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Constitution Day 2009

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Today is the anniversary of the day in 1787 that the Framers of the United States Constitution signed the document and sent it on to the sta...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009

SCOTUS Stands Up for Human Dignity

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With a vote of 8 to 1, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that a school district was wrong to strip-search a 13-year-old girl in an effort t...