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An eloquent, gut-wrenching, beautiful exposition of grief
Find a handkerchief and, for the love of all that matters, please read this. Sheryl Sandberg is the COO of Facebook. A month ago, her husband David, CEO of SurveyMonkey, died in an abrupt accident. Here she unpacks the past 30 days of mourning and teaches all of us how to grieve and how to love…
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Working alone
I work in a small office of 4 people, myself included. There’s The Fearless Leader, the one who points out the general direction we should be headed and makes decisions. He’s a genuine extrovert but not in the way that makes you want to punch people for being obnoxious, hyper puppies; more of the “likes people,…
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Link: For God So Loved Caitlyn Jenner
Instead of trying to wade into the Caitlyn Jenner debate, I’m going to commend this blog post by Marty Duren, which was republished by the Washington Post. I think he expresses my opinion as well as I could, if not better. An excerpt, but please read the whole thing. “I do not know all the…
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Explaining fundamentalism
When I first meet people, or sometimes after we’ve gotten acquainted and questions arise about upbringing, I find myself trying to explain what fundamentalism is. It’s usually connected to the “oh, where did you go to college?” inquiry — what ought to be an innocent question for my friend or colleague and an easy answer…
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Happy to kiss May goodbye
When I was young in the world of teaching, we went to a conference for classical educators sponsored by an organization that probably no longer exists. I knew very little about pedagogy at that point – I’m pretty sure this was before we had even started teaching. Everything was new and exciting and useful content.…
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