“Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser. Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost nor will ever lose a war; for the very idea of losing is hateful [...]
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March 8, 2010
When Everybody’s/Nobody’s Special: The Problem of Self-Esteem
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October 7, 2009
Where the Environment Matters: the legacy of the Milton Hershey School
Sometimes those ideals that have been ignored for years can still work—in spite of efforts to undermine them.
I was privileged to attend a screening of Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Cynthia Wade’s newest film, a documentary about the Milton Hershey School. The film, at least partially, proved two things for me: (a) there are people in [...]
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December 21, 2009
This Day in History 12/21: The Birth of the Crossword Puzzle
If you’ve ever thrown down a pencil at frustration at the New York Times, today’s post is right up your alley.
Today we celebrate the birthday of the crossword puzzle, that criss-cross table of craziness and insanity that has distracted commuters and early risers at Sunday breakfast for decades. There are two stories to the birth [...]
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