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“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” The Pledge of Allegiance received official recognition by Congress in an Act approved on...

So, President Trump is imposing a 25% surcharge on softwood lumber going into the U.S. from Canada. Sure enough, the surcharge will cause job losses in Canada. We have other markets we can pursue, however. On the other hand, Trump's measures to help U.S. forest...

Bernie Sanders said it well, “Trump’s belief that climate change is a ‘hoax’ is not just embarrassingly stupid, it is a threat to our entire planet.” Indeed, unlike tobacco, fossil fuels don’t just kill one at a time, they threaten the lives of everyone on the planet!...

What Does "Mean-ing" Mean? Mean: (Oxford) a. 1. Not generous. 2. Ignoble; small-minded. 3. (of a person’s capacity, understanding, etc.) inferior; poor. 4. Malicious; ill-tempered. 5. Vicious or aggressive. 6. (colloquial) ashamed. (Roget’s) a. 1. NASTY, unpleasant,...

Who Are Our Heroes? Even if you are not a sports fan, you have to give sportscasters credit for their creative use of language. They have more ways of saying “nothing” than any other media types: “zero”, “zip”, “nada”, “nil”, “zilch”, “nix”, “donut” “goose egg”,...

The wealth of literature dealing with changes in education since WW II notwithstanding, little in schooling is different now compared to the early post-war years. Little has changed in education save the means. The ends are essentially the same. If we define...

Now is the time!!

By Gary Screaton Page When you want a child to clean up after play are you asking too much? What you mean by "Clean up..." and what the child understands is very much related to the child's age. Young children can reasonably help put single toys into the toy bin with...

Help Your Child Learn Math Numbers count. They appear in many forms in our Scriptures. Just consider these units of measure mentioned in the Bible: talent, shekel, span, cubit, pace, fathom, homer, ephah, and log, to name a few. Today, as in biblical times,...