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Peer pressure has no age limit: The power of words

A simple compliment about a haircut revealed just how young peer pressure can begin. One day, I said hello to six-year-old Jennifer. “Hello, Jennifer. I see you have a new haircut.” She quickly replied, “Yes, but I’m still a girl, though!” At first, I smiled. It seemed like a ...

Families and schools: Better together

October is already here, which means November is right around the corner. Since November is Family Engagement Month, now is a good time for families and schools to think about simple ways to recognize and celebrate their partnership. Celebrating does not require a large event, a new program, ...

Christa Pike and the incomplete justice of death

Why do we kill? It's a question unlikely to ever be answered to any degree of satisfaction, but one I found myself asking the other day after hearing about the botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike. In reading about the story, I learned that Pike and I are almost the same ...

Britain bails out possible terrorists

President Trump says he was "surprised" that Britain released five suspected terrorists on bail. The suspects were arrested after a farmer saw the masked men and several vans 100 yards from a British air base the U.S. has used to conduct bombing runs on Iran. British authorities said tests on ...

Trump's 'truth' betrayed by White House chatbot

Since President Donald Trump displays a ferocious disdain for any suggestion that he could be wrong about anything, I hope he will not try to consult the AI fact-checker he has unleashed against himself. Last week, the White House unveiled America.gov, a search tool it declared to be no less ...