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Matter of Opinion archive for Dec. 13, 2007

THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 2007

Civic literacy

Here is the link George Nethercutt included in his guest opinion today. The civic literacy quiz takes a few minutes to complete, because the questions require careful reading. And they ain't all that easy either. I'm not shocked that college freshmen failed.I got a 90%.…

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Setting priorities

Imagine the horror for a child trapped in a physically and/or emotionally abusive setting, victimized by those who are supposed to be protectors. Where can he or she turn? When someone does notice and blow the whistle, will the public resources be in place to…

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